A rule that’s been in place for decades was just changed and the new one could cost thousands of licensed workers their jobs in El Paso and all over Texas.<\/p>\n
It’s not the “all CDL holders, (truckers), must speak English<\/a>” law that went into effect in June of 2025. This one has to do with anybody who works at\u00a0any job, in any field, that requires licensing. At the moment, it would put\u00a018,000 folks out of work<\/a> in El Paso and throughout the state of Texas.<\/p>\n The new rule requires all people who work in a licensed profession to have a social security number, changing the previous rule set back in 2001. License holders that don’t, (currently), have a social security number amount to almost 20,000 people<\/a>.<\/p>\n What Rule Changed For License Holders?<\/p>\n The rule, which originated when then-AG John Cornyn issued\u00a0an opinion<\/a>\u00a0in 2001, allows for undocumented immigrants to get occupational licenses. On Feb. 10, current AG Ken Paxton, who’s challenging Cornyn’s U.S. Senate seat in an upcoming runoff, issued a new opinion requiring Social Security numbers for such licenses. –\u00a0fox4news.com<\/a><\/p>\n How Many Current Licenses Are In Violation<\/p>\n State data shows that about 18,000 licenses, or about 2 percent, are not attached to a Social Security number. – fox4news.com<\/a><\/p>\n What Jobs Require A License In Texas?<\/p>\n A bunch. Jobs in Texas that require licenses include electricians, commercial drivers, hairdressers\/barbers, cosmetologists, massage therapists and many more<\/a>.<\/p>\n READ MORE: Need A New Driver License? Forget Texas DPS\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n Fun Fact – While researching this article, I found out that\u00a0Weather Modifiers need licenses<\/a>. Yes, people who change the weather … not report about it or predict it; people who\u00a0actually change it<\/a> … need licenses too. Now you know.<\/p>\n 10 Real Texas Laws You Won\u2019t Believe Are On The Books<\/p>\n These Texas laws seem pretty weird, but they must be there for a reason, right? What on earth led to these having to be passed?<\/p>\n Gallery Credit: Piggie <\/p>\n See if You Can Pass this Practice Texas State Driver’s License Test<\/p>\n So, what do you think? If you had to go to the DMV today and take a driving test, would you be able to pass?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A rule that’s been in place for decades was just changed and the new one could cost thousands…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":222488,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[138,140,139],"class_list":["post-224020","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-el-paso","tag-el-paso","tag-el-paso-headlines","tag-el-paso-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/224020","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=224020"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/224020\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/222488"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=224020"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=224020"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=224020"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}