Posted on 11/16/2025 11:23:29 AM PST by E. Pluribus Unum
California has moved to cancel licenses of 17,000 commercial drivers after a back-and-forth with the Trump administration, which is pushing to get what it calls ”dangerous foreign drivers” off U.S. roads.
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy announced the cancellations last week, saying California had finally bowed to pressure to kick people the feds say are illegal immigrants off the roads.
Gov. Gavin Newsom’s office acknowledged the revocations but rejected the claim that they were illegal immigrants. It said they were booted because of “inconsistency” with state law.
“After weeks of claiming they did nothing wrong, Gavin Newsom and California have been caught red-handed. Now that we’ve exposed their lies, 17,000 illegally issued trucking licenses are being revoked,” Mr. Duffy said.
Mr. Newsom’s office, for its part, mocked Mr. Duffy for his role on MTV’s reality TV show “Road Rules” in the 1990s and said he was “spreading easily disproven falsehoods in a sad and desperate attempt to please his ‘dear leader.’”
As that back-and-forth was playing out, however, a federal appeals court put a hold on Mr. Duffy’s new regulation aimed at stripping illegal immigrants and other “non-domiciled” foreign drivers off the road.
The U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, in a 2-1 ruling, said Mr. Duffy cut too many corners in issuing the rule — and said the foreign drivers at issue are actually safer than other commercial drivers.
They also said the migrants themselves, as well as the economy, have come to rely on the migrant drivers and taking them off the road “would have public safety by forcing it to replace safer experienced drivers with less-safe new drivers.”
U.S. Circuit Judge Karen Henderson, a George H.W. Bush appointee, dissented, saying she thought the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration made a good showing of the need...
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Gov. Gavin Newsom’s office acknowledged the revocations but rejected the claim that they were illegal immigrants.
And the houses in Malibu didn’t burn down it was the wind....
What a bag of excrement
“After weeks of claiming he did nothing wrong, Newsom came out of the bathroom w/ hair perfectly gelled, realizing he’d been caught red-handed, wrt enabling 17,000 illegally issued trucking licenses.”
FTA——
Transportation Secy announced the cancellations of illegally-held CDLs, saying California had finally bowed to pressure to kick off the roads, those holders feds say are illegal immigrants.
Dont dare even whisper the illegal license holders are from——gasp——India.
Gov. Gel Newsom’s office acknowledged the revocations but rejected claim that they were illegal immigrants......says the Indians were booted because of “inconsistency” with state law.
So much for principle, eh, Sacramento...
What about the millions of regular drivers licenses they issued to Illegal Aliens???
Those 17,000 are above the law that is enforced on American truck drivers. One only needs to ask the American drivers how they have been treated. So I guess the foreigners are above the law.
I would get in trouble if I used the words he is low life is best used.
Those...ssshhh...17,000 Indian CDL holders are not subject to US law.......
law that is strictly enforced on American truck drivers.
Let’s ask American drivers how they have been treated.
Nice catch......kudos.
I would get in trouble if I used the words that best describe this low life Newsom.
Not with me, pal.
I read it was 67,000 illegal CDLs. I suspect a million are driving illegally.
Mr. Newsom’s office, for its part, mocked Mr. Duffy for his role on MTV’s reality TV show “Road Rules” in the 1990s and said he was “spreading easily disproven falsehoods in a sad and desperate attempt to please his ‘dear leader.’”
As that back-and-forth was playing out, however, a federal appeals court put a hold on Mr. Duffy’s new regulation aimed at stripping illegal immigrants and other “non-domiciled” foreign drivers off the road.
This is not a mistake, this is not an Opps! This a clear violation of state and federal laws to further a criminal enterprise. A group of people the governor included colluded together to issues 17000 CDL's to Criminal Illegal Aliens.
We need to apply RICO and Treason laws this an assault on the American people and our county. As lives have been lost, all involved should be considered to be eligible for the death penalty.
Bet they voted too.
NEWSOM SPINS EVERYTHING
HE KNOWS DAMNED WELL CALIF IS/WAS ISSUING CDL’S TO NON- QUALIFIED PERSONS.
CAN VICTIMS OF THOSE DRIVER”S CRASHES SUE CALIF ALSO????
One is an oops. I will be generous and say 100 would be an oops. 17,000 plus is a clear middle finger to laws of the land.
Can’t even do the right thing without lying about it. Disgusting human.
not 150 or so but 17 thousand. What a scum bag.
You would be completely disgusted if I told you.
Dont tell me.
And Newsom thinks to run for President. Let us all remember what he’s done to the destruction of CA.
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