The Trump Administration plans to withhold more than $40 million in grant funding originally earmarked for California after it claimed the state refused to enforce English proficiency standards for commercial truckers.

On Wednesday, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration would withhold $40.68 million from the state, which would likely have been used to help pay for law enforcement training, roadside inspections, traffic enforcement and safety audits of trucking companies.

The decision, according to Duffy, was made after an investigation found that California has "failed to comply" with the DOT's recently enacted English proficiency standards.

“I put states on notice this summer: enforce the Trump Administration’s English language require

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