{"id":907,"date":"2025-11-16T23:16:02","date_gmt":"2025-11-16T23:16:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sterlingcooper.info\/blog\/?p=907"},"modified":"2025-11-16T23:16:02","modified_gmt":"2025-11-16T23:16:02","slug":"fraudulent-commercial-driver-licenses-issued-by-california-are-being-cancelled","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sterlingcooper.info\/blog\/fraudulent-commercial-driver-licenses-issued-by-california-are-being-cancelled\/","title":{"rendered":"FRAUDULENT COMMERCIAL DRIVER LICENSES ISSUED BY CALIFORNIA ARE BEING CANCELLED!"},"content":{"rendered":"
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California to Revoke 17,000 CDLs for Immigrants<\/h1>\n<\/section>\n
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Move Follows Criticism From Trump Administration<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n
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California plans to revoke 17,000 commercial driver licenses<\/a> given to immigrants after discovering the expiration dates went past when the drivers were legally allowed to be in the U.S., state officials said Nov. 12.<\/p>\n

Federal Criticism and High-Profile Crashes Intensify Scrutiny<\/h2>\n

The announcement follows harsh criticism<\/a> from the Trump administration about California<\/a> and other states granting licenses to people in the country illegally. The issue was thrust into the public\u2019s consciousness in August, when a tractor-trailer driver not authorized to be in the U.S. made an illegal U-turn and caused a crash in Florida\u00a0that killed three people<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy<\/a> said Nov. 12 that California\u2019s action to revoke these licenses is an admission that the state acted improperly even though it previously defended its licensing standards. California launched its review of CDLs it issued after Duffy raised concerns.<\/p>\n

State and Federal Officials Dispute Responsibility<\/h2>\n

\u201cAfter weeks of claiming they did nothing wrong, Gavin Newsom and California have been caught red-handed. Now that we\u2019ve exposed their lies, 17,000 illegally issued trucking licenses are being revoked,\u201d Duffy said, referring to the state’s governor. \u201cThis is just the tip of the iceberg. My team will continue to force California to prove they have removed every illegal immigrant from behind the wheel of semitrucks and school buses.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Newsom’s office said that every one of the drivers whose license is being revoked had valid work authorizations from the federal government. At first, his office declined to disclose the exact reason for revoking the licenses, saying only they violated state law. Later, his office revealed the state law it was referring to was one that requires the licenses expire on or before a person\u2019s legal status to be in the United States ends, as reported to the DMV.<\/p>\n

Still, Newsom\u2019s spokesperson Brandon Richards shot back at Duffy in a statement.<\/p>\n

\u201cOnce again, the Sean \u2018Road Rules\u2019 Duffy fails to share the truth \u2014 spreading easily disproven falsehoods in a sad and desperate attempt to please his dear leader,\u201d Richards said.<\/p>\n

Fatal truck crashes in Texas and Alabama earlier this year also highlight questions about these licenses. A\u00a0fiery California crash<\/a>\u00a0that killed three people last month involved a truck driver in the country illegally, only adding to the concerns.<\/p>\n

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Duffy previously imposed new restrictions on which immigrants can qualify for CDLs. He said earlier this fall that California and five other states had improperly issued CDLs to non-citizens, but California is the only state Duffy has taken action against because it was the first one where an audit was completed. The reviews in the other states have been delayed by the government shutdown<\/a>, but the Transportation Department<\/a> is urging all of them to tighten their standards.<\/p>\n

Duffy\u00a0revoked $40 million<\/a>\u00a0in federal funding because he said California isn’t enforcing\u00a0English-language requirements\u00a0for truckers<\/a>, and he reiterated Nov. 12 that he will take another $160 million from the state over these improperly issued licenses if they don’t invalidate every illegal license and address all the concerns. But revoking these licenses is part of the state’s effort to comply.<\/p>\n

New Federal CDL Rules Significantly Limit Immigrant Eligibility<\/h2>\n

The new rules for CDLs<\/a> that Duffy announced in September make getting them extremely hard for immigrants because only three specific classes of visa holders will be eligible. States will also have to verify an applicant\u2019s immigration status in a federal database. The licenses will be valid for up to one year unless the applicant\u2019s visa expires sooner.<\/p>\n

Impact on Current Non-citizen Drivers and License Renewals<\/h2>\n

Under the new rules<\/a>, only 10,000 of the 200,000 non-citizens who have commercial licenses would qualify for them, which would only be available to drivers who have an H-2a, H-2b or E-2 visa. H-2a is for temporary agricultural workers while H-2b is for temporary non-agricultural workers, and E-2 is for people who make substantial investments in a U.S. business. But the rules won\u2019t be enforced retroactively, so those 190,000 drivers will be allowed to keep their commercial licenses at least until they come up for renewal.<\/p>\n

Those new requirements were not in place at the time the 17,000 California licenses were issued. But those drivers were given notices that their licenses will expire in 60 days.<\/p>\n

Audit Findings Show Long-Expired Work Permits on Valid CDLs<\/h2>\n

Duffy said in September that investigators found that one quarter of the 145 licenses they reviewed in California shouldn’t have been issued. He cited four California licenses that remained valid after the driver\u2019s work permit expired \u2014 sometimes years after.<\/p>\n

California Says It Followed Federal Guidance<\/h2>\n

Newsom’s office said the state followed guidance it received from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security about issuing these licenses to non-citizens.<\/p>\n

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