FMCSA moves to codify English language proficiency process at border areas
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Formalizing English proficiency rules at U.S.-Mexico border crossings adds another compliance checkpoint for carriers, not just drivers. Cross-border logistics operators should treat this as a process and documentation problem — standardize training, records, and dispatch workflows so a single language issue doesn’t stall a lane.
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