A growing number of trucking associations are urging Congress to act quickly against what they say is one of the most dangerous forms of illegal activity on the highways today.
In a letter sent Wednesday to the House’s Transportation and Infrastructure Committee (TIC), a total of eight trucking associations endorsed the Safety and Accountability in Freight Enforcement (SAFE) Act, the Daily Caller learned exclusively.
Introduced by Republican Wyoming Rep. Harriet Hageman in February 2026, the SAFE Act targets chameleon carrier companies which are reportedly responsible for a large portion of accidents, safety violations, and illegal activity on the roads.
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Chameleon carriers are trucking companies that regularly shut down and reopen under a new name to avoid punishments, traffic fines, and other accountability measures. These networks often commit hundreds of traffic violations and accidents in the process.
The risk assessment firm Fusable found in 2026 that these illegal companies are 4 times more likely to commit car crashes than legal trucking companies.
Chameleon carriers are also directly linked to illegal alien truck drivers, often hiring unqualified or illegally operating drivers to evade safety regulations. A February highway crash killed four people after an illegal migrant truck driver allegedly swerved lanes and hit another car head-on. According to the letter sent by the trucking associations, the driver was linked to a chameleon carrier network operating out of Chicago.
