US EditionCalifornia loses $160M for delaying revocation of 17,000 commercial driver’s licenses for immigrants
Federal officials withhold $160 million as California delayed revoking 17,000 immigrant commercial driver’s licenses, raising safety concerns and violating agreed deadlines.
- The U.S. Department of Transportation will withdraw nearly $160 million in federal funding from California for delaying the revocation of 17,000 commercial driver's licenses held by immigrants.
- California had agreed to revoke the licenses by January 5th but failed to do so, prompting the funding cut.
- Federal officials cited safety concerns over California issuing non-compliant licenses, while a trucking group supported enforcing uniform licensing standards nationwide.
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Day of ‘reckoning’ over CDLs as DOT pulls $160M from California
Calling it “Reckoning Day,” Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy threw the latest punch in the months-long fight between the DOT and California. On Wednesday, Jan. 7, Duffy announced that the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is withholding about $160 million from California for failing to cancel more than 17,000 non-domiciled CDLs that the agency has deemed to be illegal. In addition to issuing a news release, Duffy also took to social…
'Reckoning day' for Newsom: Trump DOT yanks $160 million over illegal trucker licenses
As the Trump administration continues to meet resistance from blue-state governors across the nation, California is now reaping what it sowed by illegally issuing trucker licenses to foreigners.On Wednesday, Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy announced that it was "reckoning day" for the state of California and its Democrat governor, Gavin Newsom.'Gavin refused. So now I am pulling nearly $160 MILLION from California.'In a social media post,…
CA loses $160M in federal funds for delayed cancellation of 17,000 commercial driver's licenses
On Wednesday, the Federal Government announced it was withholding $160M in funding from California for delaying the cancellation of 17,000 commercial driver's licenses held by immigrants.
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy Pulls Nearly $160M In Federal Funds From California Over CDL Dispute: 'It's Reckoning Day For Gavin Newsom'
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy has announced the Department of Transportation will withdraw nearly $160 million in Federal funding from California amid illegal commercial driver's license (CDL) row. Gavin Newsom's ‘Reckoning Day' In a post on the social media platform X on Wednesday, Duffy announced the decision to pull funds from the state after California failed to meet the January 5 deadline to revoke CDLs issued to undocumented drivers.…
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California delayed cancellation of immigrant truckers' licenses. So feds will withhold $160 million
After California paused a plan to cancel the licenses of thousands of immigrant truckers, federal officials announced Wednesday they would withhold $160 million in transportation funds from the state.
Transportation Department Pulls $160 Million From California Over Trucking Licenses
The federal government will withhold about $160 million from California for failing to cancel over 17,000 illegally issued commercial driver’s licenses by Jan. 5, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy announced Wednesday. “It’s reckoning day for [Gov.] Gavin Newsom and California,” Duffy said in a statement. “Our demands were simple: Follow the rules, revoke the unlawfully issued licenses to dangerous foreign drivers, and fix the system so this ne…
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