‘NEWSOM IS LYING’: Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said California must revoke roughly 17,000 commercial driver’s licenses issued to foreign nationals who do not have legal U.S. status by Jan. 5 or risk losing nearly $160 million in federal funding, after the state DMV announced a 60-day delay to the deadline.

“California does NOT have an ‘extension’ to keep breaking the law and putting Americans at risk on the roads.”
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Duffy says California does not have extension on deadline to cancel foreign nationals’ trucker licenses

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California crackdown: 17,000 migrant trucker licenses pulled

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.

Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy said on Tuesday that the California Department of Motor Vehicles does not have an extension to the deadline for the cancellation of commercial driver’s licenses issued to foreign nationals who do not have legal U.S. status, disputing the delay announced by the department.

The California DMV said that the roughly 17,000 licenses that were set to be terminated on Jan. 5 will now last until March 6, but Duffy said the licenses will not be afforded a 60-day extension and that failing to meet the deadline could result in lost federal funding.

“[California Gov.] Gavin Newsom is lying,” Duffy wrote on X. “The deadline to revoke illegally issued, unvetted foreign trucker licenses is still January 5.”

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Sean Duffy speaks at podium in airport

Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy said on Tuesday that the California Department of Motor Vehicles does not have an extension to the deadline for the cancellation of thousands of commercial driver’s licenses.

“California does NOT have an ‘extension’ to keep 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 that it does not wrongfully terminate licenses for drivers who legally qualify for them.

Sean Duffy in Congress

Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy threatened to cut nearly $160 million in federal funding for failing to meet the deadline.

This comes after a class-action lawsuit was brought by the Asian Law Caucus, Sikh Coalition, and Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP on behalf of five affected drivers and the Jakara Movement.

The groups had argued that many of the targeted drivers may actually qualify for their licenses.

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The California DMV said that the roughly 17,000 licenses that were set to be terminated on Jan. 5 will now last until March

Last month, the California DMV sent notices to 17,299 non-domiciled commercial driver’s license holders notifying them that these licenses would be canceled on Jan. 5 after records showed mismatches between the license expiration dates and the drivers’ work authorization or lawful presence documentation.