Posted on 12/26/2025 2:43:40 AM PST by Libloather
The California DMV is facing a lawsuit brought on behalf of nearly 20,000 immigrant truckers over the state’s plans to revoke their commercial drivers’ licenses (CDLs).
The Asian Law Caucus and the Sikh Coalition, along with the law firm Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, filed the lawsuit on Tuesday in an effort to stop the California DMV from canceling the CDLs, which the complaint says would “result in mass work stoppages” starting Jan 5, 2026.
“This class-action lawsuit is brought on behalf of the Jakara Movement and five commercial drivers who have been deprived of their rights and livelihoods,” a joint statement from the Asian Law Caucus and Sikh Coalition said. “According to reports from the San Francisco Chronicle and KQED, California state officials communicated they would begin reissuing licenses on December 17. Despite these public assurances, the state has neither reissued any of the contested licenses nor created a process to remedy the date issue with no indication that it plans to do so before January 5.”
The lawsuit alleges that on Nov. 6, the California DMV notified 17,299 immigrant drivers and business owners that their non-domiciled CDLs would be canceled on Jan. 5, 2026, due to an error with the expiration date of the licenses.
A similar letter was sent to an additional 2,700 drivers in December, informing them that their licenses would be canceled in mid-February.
The DMV is required to set the expiration date for a CDL given to an immigrant on either the same day or before the expiration of the driver’s work authorization or legal presence documents, according to the lawsuit.
However, the lawsuit alleges that the DMV letters violated California procedure, which would require the department to either cancel the license without prejudice or change the expiration date.
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Where in the US Constitution are the rights of law breaking illegals enumerated?
I find that ironic and funny as hell
Obviously no state should be giving illegals a driver’s license. I do wish however the general public could better distinguish between Muslims & Sikhs. Sikhs living amongst us do not seek to overthrow Western Civ.
Don’t worry about the mass truckers strike in California, diesel is headed to over $10/gallon. They won’t be running.
Rather common, nowadays.
If here legally and can speak English, that is OK. If not both, deport immediately.
And, leave the trucks along the side of the road — it was the trucking firm that knowingly hired them.
A mugshot provided by the St. Lucie County Sheriff’s Office of Harjinder Singh, who was booked into the St. Lucie County Jail, Friday, Aug. 22, 2025. Singh, an illegal immigrant commercial truck driver, is facing charges after three people were killed in a crash after he allegedly made an illegal U-turn on a Florida interstate Aug. 12. (St. Lucie County Sheriff’s Office)
According to Tommy Robinson, he said that they were able to assimilate in the UK.
It’s a culture of globalism that free traitors forced on the USA. In fact the USA is more of an international economic zone than a traditional country.
Why child rapists and lawyers are at the same level on the respect spectrum.
Things have changed since Columbus sailed in 1492.......
The answer is deport every last one of them.
It’s not bank robbery it is an undocumented loan.
All illegals need to go PERIOD.
Nothing has changed regarding illegal immigration. ALL ILLEGALS NEED TO GO PERIOD.
more like an undocumented withdrawal ...
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