Immigrant truckers file suit over California’s plans to revoke commercial driver’s licenses
A group of immigrant truckers filed a lawsuit CaliforniaThe Department of Motor Vehicles alleged Tuesday that the state violated the rights of thousands of workers when officials moved to revoke commercial driver’s licenses.
California officials last month 17,000 truckers were informed that drivers’ commercial driver’s licenses would be revoked because they had passed the expiration date at which they were legally allowed to be in the United States. That number has since increased to 21,000.
The move comes after the Trump administration took office collapse It’s about states licensing immigrants. The federal government threatened to not get money from California and Pennsylvania. Minnesota and New York are relevant.
The Sikh Coalition, a national group advocating for the civil rights of Sikhs, and the San Francisco-based Asian Legal Group filed the class-action lawsuit on behalf of California drivers.
“These drivers have spent years tying their lives to these careers, but now they face potential economic devastation through no fault of their own; they deserve better, and California must do better,” Munmeeth Kaur, legal director of the Sikh Coalition, said in a statement.
The groups claim the state’s plan to revoke truckers’ licenses violates their due process rights and threatens their livelihoods. They are asking the Alameda County Superior Court to halt the license revocations.
The California DMV said it does not comment on pending litigation.
Concerns about immigrant truck drivers came to attention in August when a truck driver without permission to be in the United States caused a crash by making an illegal U-turn. Florida killing three people. A. fiery California crash The deaths of three people in October and the illegal presence of a truck driver in the country further increased concerns.
