FreightCaviar Weekly Recap.From a CDL-holding, Uzbekistan citizen arrested with ties to a terrorist organization, to a broker seeking advice on the realism of the industry - here are this week’s most talked-about freight stories.
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đź’µ Am I Making Enough Profit Per Month?
A post on r/FreightBrokers this week questioned whether a new subagent could realistically generate $3K–$9K in monthly gross profit within their first year under mentorship.
Most users said no, hitting 150–200 cold calls a day and producing $3,000 in month one is widely viewed as unrealistic for someone brand new to logistics.
Commenters also stressed that freight is a sink-or-swim industry. The more practical path, they argued, is starting under someone with an established book: to learn operations, market rhythm, and customer behavior before attempting customer acquisition.
The takeaway is this: Early brokerage success rarely comes from dialing volume alone. Real results come from learning the business, understanding freight flow, and building trust long before the profit follows.
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đźš” Uzbekistan CDL Holder Arrested, Ties to a Terrorist Organization
The arrest of Akhror Bozorov, a 31-year-old Uzbek national wanted in his home country for alleged ties to a terrorist organization is all over the news this week. According to DHS, Bozorov entered the U.S. illegally in 2023, was released into the country, later granted work authorization in early 2024, and ultimately obtained a Pennsylvania-issued CDL. ICE arrested him in Kansas on November 9 while he was working as a commercial truck driver.
Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin condemned the sequence of events that allowed a wanted individual to receive both work authorization and a commercial driver’s license. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy added that the incident reflects “the consequences of open border policies,” arguing that new federal rules are aimed at closing the licensing gaps that enabled non-domiciled and unauthorized individuals to obtain CDLs.
đź’Ą FreightCaviar Story of the Week: USPS's Driver Ban Misfire
The U.S. Postal Service quietly attempted to ban immigrant truck drivers...and immediately triggered a breakdown across its contractor network. The policy, which required mail-hauling drivers to be U.S. citizens or permanent residents, blindsided carriers who rely heavily on legally authorized immigrant labor. Routes were paused, workforce gaps emerged overnight, and USPS scrambled to walk the directive back, calling it a “miscommunication.”
The move came just as newly surfaced financials showed USPS lost $9 billion in fiscal 2025, adding pressure to an already strained system.
Read the featureto see how this situation could offer an early look at the kinds of sudden compliance shocks that may define 2026.
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Jarod Wallace,Senior Logistics Manager atScotlynn, offered his thoughts to what he calls a growing split in trucking: compliant fleets running legally tight schedules versus carriers using manipulated ELDs to log nearly double the miles.
Wallace notes that some fleets are running 4,000–5,000 miles a week, undercutting compliant carriers and pushing them out of the market. He points to weak FMCSA oversight and a self-certification system that lets noncompliant ELDs reappear under new names. Proposed fixes include third-party certification, metadata audits, and stronger accountability.
To get further insight on this, take a look at FreightWaves' Noi Mahoney editorial on this matter:
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