{"id":51193,"date":"2025-11-13T13:11:08","date_gmt":"2025-11-13T13:11:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/51193\/"},"modified":"2025-11-13T13:11:08","modified_gmt":"2025-11-13T13:11:08","slug":"in-wake-of-alleged-florida-vehicular-homicide-california-revokes-17000-commercial-drivers-licenses-for-immigrants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/51193\/","title":{"rendered":"In wake of alleged Florida vehicular homicide, California revokes 17,000 commercial driver\u2019s licenses for immigrants"},"content":{"rendered":"

California plans to revoke 17,000 commercial driver\u2019s licenses given to immigrants after discovering the expiration dates went past when the drivers were legally allowed to be in the U.S., state officials said Wednesday.<\/p>\n

The announcement follows harsh criticism from the Trump administration about California and other states granting licenses to people in the country illegally. The issue was thrust into the public\u2019s consciousness in August, when a tractor-trailer driver not authorized to be in the U.S. made an illegal U-turn and caused a crash in Florida\u00a0that killed three people.<\/p>\n

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said Wednesday that California\u2019s action to revoke these licenses is an admission that the state acted improperly even though it previously defended its licensing standards. California launched its review of commercial driver\u2019s licenses it issued after Duffy raised concerns.<\/p>\n

\u201cAfter weeks of claiming they did nothing wrong, Gavin Newsom and California have been caught red-handed. Now that we\u2019ve exposed their lies, 17,000 illegally issued trucking licenses are being revoked,\u201d Duffy said, referring to the state\u2019s governor. \u201cThis 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.\u201d<\/p>\n

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