US EditionColorado faces $24M federal funding cut over illegal commercial driver’s licenses
Federal audit found 22% of Colorado's commercial licenses issued to immigrants were illegal; DOT threatens to cut $24 million over slow state response and incomplete audit.
- On Monday, the U.S. Department of Transportation threatened to withhold $24 million from the State of Colorado and warned it could decertify the entire CDL program due to slow audits and revoked credentials.
- A nationwide October audit found about 22% of Colorado's commercial licenses to immigrant drivers, many Mexican nationals, were issued illegally, prompting scrutiny after a Florida crash in August that killed three people.
- Last week, Colorado's Division of Motor Vehicles paused issuance and renewal of term-limited non-domiciled CDLs and commercial learner's permits, pending an audit to ensure federal compliance.
- Duffy warned `unqualified, unvetted foreign truckers` jeopardize safety and threatened federal highway funding for other states, while Jared Polis, Colorado Governor's office did not immediately respond to allegations.
- Questions have been raised about similar practices in California, Pennsylvania and Minnesota, with California revoking 2,000 improperly issued CDLs since Duffy began pressing the issue.
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Colorado Faces Federal Funding Cut Over Illegal Issuance of Commercial Driver’s Licenses to Noncitizens
The state of Colorado could lose up to $24 million in federal highway funding due to the state’s slow response to violations involving the issuance of commercial driver’s licenses (CDL) to noncitizens, U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy announced on Monday. The warning stems from an October federal audit demonstrating that approximately 22 percent of Colorado’s CDLs given to non-citizens, including Mexican nationals, violated federal prohi…
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Colorado faces $24M federal funding cut over illegal commercial driver’s licenses
The head of the U.S. Department of Transportation threatened Monday to withhold $24 million in federal funding from the state of Colorado for what he described as a slow response to a major violation of federal commercial driver’s license regulations.
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Colorado faces $24M federal funding cut over illegal commercial driver's licenses
The head of the U.S. Department of Transportation is calling out Colorado for its slow response to what he describes as major violations of federal commercial driver’s license regulations.
Colorado threatened with loss of $24 million for 'lack of urgency' in revoking illegally-issued CDLs: USDOT
Colorado has become the latest state threatened with the loss of federal transportation funding over the handling of non-domiciled commercial driver’s licenses (CDLs). On December 22, 2025, U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said that Colorado could lose $24 million in federal highway funds if the state does not immediately revoke illegally-issued CDLs. Duffy said that in October 2025, a Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) …
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