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We Transport Secretary sean duffy threatened Pull $160 million from California, Claiming that the state is illegally issuing commercial drivers License to non-citizens.
,Gavin Newsom Cares more about giving commercial to illegal people drivers He grants licenses to protect the citizens of his state and Americans. It’s shameful,” Duffy said. I am talking to Fox News’ Sunday morning’s promise.
“He is lying about what he is doing and we will fight it with all our might Make sure we hold states like California accountable.,
Duffy said he would also be pulling CaliforniaAbility to issue commercial driver’s licenses.
This comes after the Transportation Department last month tightened restrictions on issuing commercial licenses to noncitizens, including requiring them to hold employment-based visas and be subject to mandatory federal immigration status checks.
California Identified as the most “heinous” culprit of non-compliance, the DOT claimed that 25 percent of the 145 non-domiciled CDLs reviewed by investigators were “improperly issued.”
The department claimed that “due to weak oversight, inadequate training, and programming errors” it had found that a large number of non-domiciled CDLs were issued to drivers who were ineligible, or whose licenses remained valid long after their lawful presence in the US had ended.
Department spokeswoman Eva Spiegel said the administration had “no legitimate basis” to withhold the funds.
“The federal government previously allowed commercial driver’s licenses for asylum seekers and refugees and on September 26 announced emergency regulations to end this practice which took effect on September 29,” he said in a statement. Independent,
“California is in compliance with these rules and will remain in compliance with federal law.”
Independent The state governor has also been contacted Gavin NewsomOffice for comment regarding Duffy’s comments and proposed action.
Duffy’s announcement about withdrawing California’s funding comes as part of a nationwide audit by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration following a recent series of “fatal, fatal crashes caused by non-resident drivers.”
This includes the deaths of three people in Florida after an apparently undocumented driver made an illegal U-turn and crashed his truck. Harjinder Singh, a native of India, lived in California and was originally issued a commercial driver’s license in Washington before California issued him a commercial driver’s license.
As well as California, the audit reportedly found licenses that were improperly issued in Colorado, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Texas and Washington.
“As in every other state across the country – trace all improperly issued CDLs and revoke their licenses,” Duffy said in a statement. “We are accountable to the American people to ensure that only legal, qualified drivers are driving big rigs on our highways.”