Elizabeth Weibel 14 Nov 2025
A federal appeals court blocked the Department of Transportation’s (DOT) new rules that would restrict migrants from being able to obtain commercial drivers licenses.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Washington, D.C. Circuit ruled that the DOT, under DOT Secretary Sean Duffy, “didn’t follow proper procedure in drafting the rule” and that a “satisfactory explanation” for how the rule “would promote safety,” was not provided, according to the Associated Press.
Per the outlet:
The court said the federal government didn’t follow proper procedure in drafting the rule and failed to “articulate a satisfactory explanation for how the rule would promote safety.” The court said the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s own data shows that immigrants who hold these licenses account for roughly 5% of all commercial driver’s licenses but only about o.2% of all fatal crashes, the court said.
Under the rules, migrants “who hold three specific classes of visas” would be allowed to obtain commercial driver’s licenses. Roughly 10,000 migrants, who have H-2a, H-2b, or E-2 visas, along with their commercial driver’s licenses, would “qualify for them,” according to the outlet.
The outlet noted that the new rules from the DOT “won’t be enforced retroactively.”
https://twitter.com/TMSuccessful/status/1989333895104565657more
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/11/14/court-curbs-duffys-rescue-plan-for-truckers/
