BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) \u2014 Sen. Adam Schiff visited Bakersfield Tuesday to express his support for members of the Sikh community who are truck drivers.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe were honored to be joined by Sen. Adam Schiff<\/a> who is visiting California, is able to visit the city of Bakersfield in Kern County and have an intimate roundtable with the Bakersfield trucking community and with the trucking association,\u201d said Bakersfield Vice Mayor Manpreet Kaur who was among the attendees.<\/p>\n Watch 17 News, After Sunrise and more local news free on your smart TV. Click to learn more about KGET+ <\/a><\/p>\n Amid increased Immigration Customs Enforcement (ICE) confrontations, revocation of drivers licenses and perceived racial profiling, Sikh truck drivers welcomed Schiff to the conversation on how to defend their right to drive.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m very concerned about the loss of jobs, the loss of income for families and the degree to which Sikh drivers have to deal with threats from people on the road,\u201d Schiff said.<\/p>\n The senator took questions from truckers and business owners and says he doesn\u2019t want Californians to withhold licenses over fear of punishment from the Trump administration.<\/p>\n \u201cAt the federal level, we want to push back and make sure whether it\u2019s in a transportation funding bill or some other mechanism that we can put real constraints on the ability to use and abuse the Department of Transportation to try and punish immigrant communities,\u201d Schiff continued.<\/p>\n