Newsom’s state ‘caught red-handed’ illegally issuing thousands of commercial driver’s licenses to foreign truckers: DOT
Sean Duffy. Photographer: Francis Chung/Politico/Bloomberg via Getty Images
The department threatened in August to withhold funding from California if it refused to comply with English language proficiency requirements for truck drivers.
The California Highway Patrol indicated in July that it had no plans to place commercial drivers out of service for failing to meet ELP standards.
In October, the DOT announced that it was withholding $40 million from the blue state.
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The DOT stated that it will continue to pressure California to revoke illegally issued non-domiciled CDLs, noting that it is prepared to withhold $160 million in funding for noncompliance.
“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,” Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy said. “This is just the tip of the iceberg. My team will continue to force California to prove they have removed every illegal immigrant from behind the wheel of semitrucks and school buses.”
Newsom’s office and the California DMV did not respond to Blaze News’ request for comment.
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