Transportation Dept tightens non-citizen truck driver rules after audit
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Transportation department makes major changes in compliance requirements for non -dominant commercial student permits (CLPS) and commercial driver licenses (CDLs). This comes in the midst of an audit conducted by the Federal Motor Carrier Security Administration (FMCSA).
In accordance with new rules, non -citizens will not be able to receive a non -dominant CDL unless they meet a more strict need set containing an employment -based visa. The department also establishes a mandatory federal immigration status control using the Save System “.
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy announced the movement on Friday and said in the undergraduate practices investigation that his department has created “every American and should be angry.”
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Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy announced new regulations for commercial licenses after a series of deadly accidents. (St. Lucie County Sheriff Office; with Eric Lee/Bloomberg Getty Images)
Duffy, “Dangerous foreign drivers are given a large, 80,000-pound truck licenses-when it is illegal. This is a direct threat to the safety of every family on the road and I will not stop for it. A statement. He said: “Today’s actions will prevent non -secure foreign drivers from renewing their licenses and keeping states responsible for invalidation of incorrectly given licenses.”
The transport department said on Friday that FMCSA discovered incompatibility in various states under its supervision and that the “worst” case was the case of California. CDLs, inappropriate drivers and the US legal assets in the United States after the expired licenses were allegedly given to drivers. The chapter said this is due to weak surveillance, inadequate training and programming errors.
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Harjinder Singh, Stockton, Calif on Thursday, August 21, 2025. (Benjamin Fanjoy/AP Photo)
“A insult for millions of Americans who are not recklessly ignored by California, and waiting for us to keep them safe.” “California should move immediately or I will not hesitate to have millions of financing.”
California was allegedly killed three people while trying to make an unauthorized U -turn in Florida, a illegal immigrant truck, who received a limited CD from Golden State in 2024 last month. Trucking Harjinder Singh was later accused of three points of vehicle murder.
The Transportation Department adapted to California for 30 days. If the state does not do this, he may lose federal funds he says that the department may be about $ 160 million in the first year.
The body camera video shows that Harjinder Singh holds his documents when the New Mexico State Police Officer gives him a speed ticket at a July 3 traffic stop. (New Mexico State Police)
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While California was selected in the description of the department, Duffy urged all governors to correctly correct their unmarried CDL editing systems.
“You don’t want any more traffic deaths in your hands, governors, Du Dffy said at a press conference on Friday at a press conference on Friday.
Fox News Digital, California Gov. He reached Gavin Newsom’s office.
