Posted on 01/02/2026 3:09:02 PM PST by Morgana
California’s Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) has announced a two-month delay in revoking approximately 17,000 commercial driver’s licenses (CDLs) held by immigrants, many of whom are in the country illegally.
The postponement pushes the original January 5 deadline to March, allowing these drivers to remain on the roads despite federal mandates and ongoing public safety concerns.
The decision comes just a week after immigrant advocacy groups, including the Sikh Coalition and the Asian Law Caucus, filed a class-action lawsuit accusing the state of unfairly targeting immigrant truckers and bus drivers, as The Gateway Pundit previously reported.
These groups argue that the revocations threaten the livelihoods of drivers who may legally qualify to retain their licenses, even as federal audits revealed glaring issues, such as licenses remaining valid long after immigration authorizations expired or lacking proof of status verification.
U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy has been relentless in pressuring California to enforce federal rules after a series of deadly crashes involving unauthorized immigrant drivers.
One incident in August involved an alien truck driver in Florida who made an illegal U-turn, killing three people.
According to a report from Fox News, the driver, Harjinder Singh "allegedly failed to recognize three out of four highway traffic signs and answered just two questions out of 12 correctly in an English proficiency assessment delivered by transportation officials."
Singh's CDL had been issued in California.
Another fatal crash in California in October also involved a Sikh driver, heightening scrutiny on non-domiciled licenses issued to immigrants.
Duffy has already withheld $40 million in federal funding from California, citing failures to enforce English proficiency requirements for commercial drivers. He's warned that missing the January 5 deadline could cost the state an additional $160 million, emphasizing that California has no "extension" to continue "breaking the law and putting Americans at risk on the roads."
California DMV Director Steve Gordon defended the delay, stating, "Commercial drivers are an important part of our economy — our supply chains don’t move, and our communities don’t stay connected without them."
Nationwide, immigrants comprise about 20% of truck drivers, with non-domiciled licenses representing roughly 5% of all CDLs, or around 200,000 drivers.
Trucking industry groups have applauded the federal push to remove unqualified drivers, including those unable to speak English, from the roads, praising efforts to target questionable CDL schools as well.
What about insursnce?...what insurance companies insure illegal aliens?
“Who didn’t see this coming?”
I marked off the first square for my 2026 bingo card…😉
If California wants to defy federal regulation, let them suffer the consequences which will only make it worse for certain Californians.
A state in rebellion, putting their US citizens in harm’s way.
If California wants to defy federal regulation, let them suffer the consequences which will only make it worse for certain Californians.
Blockade California.
Let everybody with guilt from the governor on down serve time if they refuse to comply.
Still have them. It has been a few years since they even bothered to ask me a question. They pretty must just wave me through.
Nationwide, immigrants comprise about 20% of truck drivers,
<><>with non-domiciled licenses representing roughly 5% of all CDLs,
<><>that’s around 200,000 drivers.
<><>Trucking industry groups have applauded the federal push to remove unqualified drivers,
<><>including those unable to speak English,
<><>praising efforts to target questionable CDL schools as well.
I am hyper vigilant now any time a tractor trailer is anywhere near my car.
I’m forced to use the interstate because RT 40 is shut down for a bridge rebuild that won’t be done for at least another year.
I’ve had them run right up my arse flashing their lights angrily and had others swerve into my lane barely missing me.
Too often they’re all over the road and drifting into my lane when they pass.
All of that is a “ new thing” and I have my suspicions.
I have never been afraid of driving…until now.
What is the punch line? Was he a foreigner?
Duffy should declare all the California CDLs invalid and advise all other 49 states that they are invalid and they should arrest anyone with those CDLs driving on their roads.
They called duffy’s bluff. Now it’s time to either put up or shut up and be called Fluffy Mr Duffy.
Can’t answer that personally, but I think it writes itself.
In the 10 years I’ve been up that highway - which has a fueling station at the interchange near where the incident occurred - I’ve NEVER seen any of the sort and signs are quite clear as to onramps.
Coupled with tech mapping/gps, the only way to miss a turn/onramp is language barrier.
Start stopping every truck leaving California and remove every single illegal and incompetent driver.
Tennessee tells 8,800 CDL holders to provide proof of citizenship or face license downgrade
NOT revoked.
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