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Fox News Senior National Correspondent William La Jeunesse reports on California’s decision to revoke 17,000 commercial driver’s licenses that were illegally issued to foreign-born truck drivers.
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said Tuesday that California Department of Motor Vehicles does not have an extension of the deadline for the cancellation of commercial driver’s licenses issued to aliens who do not have US legal status, challenging the delay announced by the department.
The California DMV said the roughly 17,000 licenses that were due to be canceled on Jan. 5 will now last until March 6, but Duffy said the licenses will not get a 60-day extension and that missing the deadline could result in the loss of federal funding.
“(California Gov.) Gavin Newsom is lying,” Duffy wrote to X. “Deadline to revoke illegally issued, unverified foreign trucker licenses is still January 5th.”
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said Tuesday that the California Department of Motor Vehicles does not have a deadline extension for the cancellation of thousands of commercial driver’s licenses. (Heather Diehl/Getty Images/Getty Images)
“California does NOT have an ‘extension’ to continue breaking the law and putting Americans at risk on the roads,” he continued.
Duffy added: “Miss the deadline, Gavin and the @USDOT will act, including cutting nearly $160 million in federal funding.”
The California DMV justified its 60-day delay by arguing that it needs more time to ensure it is not unfairly closed. driver’s licenses that legally qualifies them.
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy threatened to cut nearly $160 million in federal funding for missing the deadline. (Reuters/Anna Rose Layden/Reuters Photos)
This comes after the Asian Law Caucus, the Sikh Coalition and Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP filed a class action lawsuit on behalf of five affected drivers and the Jakara Movement.
The groups had argued that many of the targeted drivers would be able to get their licenses.
The California DMV said the roughly 17,000 licenses that were set to be canceled on Jan. 5 will now run through March 6. (Getty Images/Getty Images)
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Last month, the California DMV sent notices to 17,299 non-domiciled commercial driver’s license holders notifying them that those licenses would be canceled on Jan. 5 after records showed discrepancies between the license expiration dates and the drivers’ work authorization or legal presence documentation.
