Feds threaten funding to California, seven other states over commercial driver's licenses for immigrants

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Federal officials threaten to withhold millions in funding from eight states, alleging flaws in commercial driver’s licenses issued to immigrants, including licenses that remained valid after legal status had expired.

California revoked 21,000 commercial licenses after investigators found problems, with similar issues identified in Pennsylvania, Minnesota, New York, Texas, Colorado, South Dakota and Washington.

The crackdown follows deadly crashes involving unauthorized truck drivers, prompting the Trump administration to tighten restrictions on commercial licenses for noncitizens nationwide.

The federal government’s crackdown on commercial driver’s licenses for immigrants has rep