California to revoke 17,000 commercial driver’s licenses given to immigrants amid Trump admin pressure

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California is set to revoke commercial driver's licenses (CDLs) issued to 17,000 immigrants after pressure from the Trump administration. The licenses that are expected to be revoked would have expired after the driver was legally allowed to be in the country. "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," Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said in a statement. "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 semi-trucks and school buses." The Transportation Department said that those impacted by the decision have been notified that their licenses no longer meet federal requirements and will expire in 60 days. However, California Gov. Gavin Newsom's office said in a post on X that the federal requirements referenced were not in effect when the licenses were issued. EXPERT REVEALS HOW ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT TRUCKER MAY HAVE GOTTEN COMMERCIAL LICENSE BEFORE FATAL FLORIDA CRASH In the scathing social media post , Newsom's office slammed Duffy over the Transportation Department's statement on the matter, highlighting each point that it deemed to be a "lie." The first point that Newsom's office pushed back on was the department's assertion that the California Department of Motor Vehicles "admitted to illegally issuing" the 17,000 CDLs in question. Newsom's office claims that the licenses were withdrawn because they were inconsistent with California law. Newsom's office also rejected the department's statement that the drivers who received the licenses were illegal immigrants, saying that they were present in the U.S. legally and "had been granted work authorization by the federal government." Additionally, Newsom's office disputed the claim that the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s (FMCSA) analysis show…