September 26,2025
RED FM News Desk
The U.S. Transportation Department is tightening requirements for non-citizens seeking commercial driver’s licenses following three deadly crashes this year involving immigrant truck drivers who officials say should never have been licensed. The nationwide review began after a fatal U-turn crash in Florida that killed two people, with additional cases uncovered in Texas and Alabama. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy has warned California it could lose $160 million in federal funding after investigators found that roughly one-quarter of non-citizen licenses reviewed there were issued improperly. New rules now restrict eligibility to holders of H-2A, H-2B, or E-2 visas, pausing issuance nationwide until states comply. Officials estimate about 190,000 of the 200,000 licenses currently held by non-citizens would not meet the new standards, though existing licenses will not be revoked. The Florida crash, which involved Harjinder Singh, a Sikh truck driver charged with vehicular homicide, has fueled political tensions between California and the Trump administration.
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