CDL News Updates

This is the second interagency enforcement partnership; recently, DOT partnered with DHS Border Patrol agents to enforce federal cabotage laws.

The revocations were part of a corrective plan that Texas DPS was ordered to follow after being found by FMCSA auditors to have issued noncompliant licenses.

As access to non-domiciled CDLs tightens, law enforcement officers are increasingly citing truck drivers without valid credentials.

Ohio stopped issuing non-domiciled CDLs in September when Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy imposed a nationwide halt.

Florida argued unsuccessfully that California and Washington were failing to verify the immigration status of license applicants.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio imposed the halt on new work visas last August following a spate of fatal crashes involving foreign truckers.

Texas is investigating five trucking schools for “endangering” state residents by illegally training commercial vehicle drivers.

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy highlighted the revoked non-domiciled CDLs among a list of one-year accomplishments to support the trucking industry.

New York is suing USDOT, saying it lacks the authority to withhold $73.5 million in funding over what DOT said were noncompliance issues with state-issued CDLs.

New York is holding its ground despite a $73.5 million funding hit, while California complied — revoking thousands of licenses to avoid steeper losses.