Posted on 11/14/2025 4:29:14 AM PST by DFG
Gavin Newsom has been forced to revoke 17,000 commercial driver's licenses given to illegal migrants after being called out by Donald Trump's transportation secretary.
Newsom made the crucial change amid mounting pressure by Sean Duffy after multiple incidents involving the licenses, including an October crash where three people died in a horrific highway collision allegedly caused by an illegal migrant.
'After weeks of claiming they did nothing wrong, Gavin Newsom and California have been caught red-handed,' Duffy said.
California has informed the licensees they will no longer be valid in 60 days time, with Duffy adding there's more to come.
'This is just the tip of the iceberg,' Duffy said. 'My team will continue to force California to prove they have removed every illegal immigrant from behind the wheel of semitrucks and school buses.'
Duffy has also threatened to pull over $160million in federal funding for the liberal state.
Newsom's team originally refused to say why they were revoking the licenses and made a vague mention of merely breaking state law, PBS reported, before admitting that the licenses are supposed to expire when a person's legal status does.
They had also previously claimed that all of the drivers had their licenses originally authorized by the federal government and that Trump's White House was to blame.
'Once again, the Sean 'Road Rules' Duffy fails to share the truth — spreading easily disproven falsehoods in a sad and desperate attempt to please his dear leader,' spokesperson Brandon Richards said.
The nickname is a reference to Duffy's tenure on the MTV reality show before eventually becoming a Congressman and transportation secretary.
Last month, Duffy said he was fed up with Newsom allowing illegal migrants to be granted licenses, and indicated he has plans to penalize him.
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Oh my, more great Republican ad making material.
Newscum needs to be indicted and sent to prison. He’s a sorry bass turd.
Speaking of Duffy, don’t miss this gem wherein he puts little Petey in his place.
https://x.com/libsoftiktok/status/1988111926354997572
“$160 million in federal funding”
This is exactly why our country is failing, redistribution of wealth. There is the Interstate though, do the fed highways need a billion bucks every six years of our money?
Revocation in 60 days? Gives them 60 days to still be illegally driving? Means Gavin doesn’t give two hoots about people being harmed for 60 more days!
“...Duffy said. ‘My team will continue to force California to prove they have removed every illegal immigrant from behind the wheel of semitrucks and school buses.”
should have shortened his sentence to ‘My team will continue to force California to prove they have removed every illegal immigrant from behind the wheel’.
No illegal should be driving any vehicle at all in the USA.
With as much taxpayer money that has been CONFUSCATED, we should be driving on streets of gold.
Yeah right! WHY 60 DAYS! REVOKE THEM NOW!
A criminal governor aiding and abetting criminals who destroy innocent lives in our republic. Some are ABOVE the law.
Newsom should be in jail. His actions violated the law and resulted in multiple deaths.
“Gavin Newsom forced to revoke thousands of driver’s licenses for illegal migrants after being ‘caught red-handed’”
Gavin Newsom forced to revoke thousands of driver’s licenses for ILLEGAL ALIENS after being ‘caught red-handed’
There, fixed it
It’s not like the little card actually starts the truck or the car, how many of these Illegals will just continue to drive and give the middle finger to the law abiding
Yep,
Every weigh station should be open. Forget the scales and the inspections, check for valid licenses and immediately remove from service any trucks driven by illegals. Let the freight company owners figure out how to get them out of impound.
I say this as a guy who drives commercial vehicles and follows the law.
That's the ONLY REASON Newsom caved.
60 days time? How about 2 weeks. Just enough to get your azz home.
§ 384.401 Withholding of funds based on noncompliance.
(a) Following the first year of noncompliance. An amount up to 4 percent of the Federal-aid highway funds required to be apportioned to any State under 23 U.S.C. 104(b)(1) and (2) shall be withheld from a State on the first day of the fiscal year following such State’s first year of noncompliance under this part.
(b) Following second and subsequent year(s) of noncompliance. An amount up to 8 percent of the Federal-aid highway funds required to be apportioned to any State under 23 U.S.C. 104(b)(1) and (2) shall be withheld from a State on the first day of the fiscal year following such State’s second or subsequent year(s) of noncompliance under this part.
§ 384.403 Availability of funds withheld for noncompliance.
Federal-aid highway funds withheld from a State under § 384.401(a) or (b) of this subpart shall not thereafter be available for apportionment to the State.
§ 384.405 Decertification of State CDL program.
(a) Prohibition on CLP or CDL transactions. The Administrator shall prohibit a State found to be in substantial noncompliance from performing any of the following CLP or CDL transactions:
(1) Initial issuance.
(2) Renewal.
(3) Transfer.
(4) Upgrade.
A NEW JOB CATEGORY: REMOVAL DRIVER-—TAKING TRUCKS BACK TO TRUCKING COMPANIES-—LOAD & ALL!!!!!!!!
A NEW JOB CATEGORY: REMOVAL DRIVER-—TAKING TRUCKS BACK TO TRUCKING COMPANIES-—LOAD & ALL!!!!!!!!
IMPROVING EMPLOYMENT NUMBERS!!!!!!!!
So Gavin had to be FORCED to revoke, and otherwise desist, this criminal enterprise. Until the death knell escalated, Gavin was only too happy to continue
Seventeen-Thousand of these known miscreants. Sean Duffy had to pry these "civilian" passenger and commercial licenses
from Newsom before he continued months of highway fatalities.
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