Officials hope they can replace the tens of thousands of immigrant drivers who have lost their licenses in a crackdown this year. The Trump administration wants soldiers to consider becoming truck drivers when they leave the military to help replace the tens of thousands of immigrant drivers who lost their licenses in a crackdown this year. The GI Bill will also pay for 100% of commercial driver’s license training and for some people even pay a housing allowance while they are in school. Concerns about truck driver qualifications then took on more urgency after an August crash in Florida, when a truck driver performed an illegal U-turn that killed three people. Immigrants account for about 20% of all truck drivers, but all of these non-domiciled licenses for immigrants represent only about 5% of all commercial driver’s licenses, or about 200,000 drivers.