Legal Insurrection by Leslie Eastman 4/23/2026
Prior to that move, Duffy threatened to withdraw $73 million from New York after an investigation found that 53% of those with commercial driver’s licenses (CDLs) were issued illegally.We have been keeping an eye out for issues related to Commercial Driver’s Licenses (CDLs) and the illegal aliens who own them.
Earlier this year, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy had just ordered more than 550 commercial driving schools to close after discovering numerous violations of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA)’s safety standards.
Prior to that move, Duffy threatened to withdraw $73 million from New York after an investigation found that 53% of those with commercial driver’s licenses (CDLs) were issued illegally.
Well, it looks like New York has officially entered the FO phase of the FAFO cycle.
New York will lose more than $73.5 million in federal money because the Transportation Department said Thursday that state has refused to revoke nearly 33,000 questionable commercial driver’s licenses for immigrants since an audit uncovered problems last year.
The department said that more than half of the 200 licenses reviewed during the audit had significant problems such as remaining valid long after an immigrant was authorized to be in the country. So the state was ordered to review all of this type of licenses and revoke illegal ones.
The agency gave New York four whole months to comply with the standards. Furthermore, the Transportation Secretary indicates that the state’s ability to actually issue CDLs is now jeopardized.
More:
https://legalinsurrection.com/2026/04/dot-pulls-73m-from-new-york-over-failure-to-revoke-thousands-of-questionable-cdls/
