For years, blue states have played a dangerous game with American lives. Governors in California, New York, and Illinois have flung open their doors to illegal immigrants. Despite everything we know about illegal immigration, liberals have sat back and let outsiders invade the United States.
The result? American families have paid the ultimate price. You know full well how illegals take jobs from Americans, compete for housing and medical care, and take education opportunities from American children. But it’s even worse than that. Woke states like California have gone as far as to give illegal aliens licenses to operate 18-wheelers. Big surprise, these men have killed Americans. Now, Trump is taking bold steps to end this.
From Breitbart:
The Trump administration finalized a major safety reform on Wednesday that blocks unvetted foreign nationals from obtaining commercial driver’s licenses, ending a system that allowed tens of thousands of drivers with unknown or dangerous histories to legally operate heavy trucks and buses in the United States. Department of Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy said the rule “ends a safety loophole that has wreaked havoc on our roadways.”
That’s Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy announcing the new federal rule on Wednesday. No more diplomatic hedging. No more kicking the can down the road. The Trump administration is finally closing a loophole that has cost innocent Americans their lives. The rule bars states from licensing truck and bus drivers whose driving histories cannot be verified through consular or interagency screening. Gone are the days of rubber-stamping Employment Authorization Documents without checking whether the applicant has a rap sheet of DUIs, reckless driving, or fatal crashes back home.
The Deadly Toll of Open Borders
The crashes that prompted this rule should make your blood boil. In February 2025, a non-domiciled driver triggered a multi-vehicle catastrophe inside a Wyoming tunnel on I-80. Three dead. Twenty injured. Just like that.
Six months later, another non-domiciled driver decided to attempt an illegal U-turn on the Florida Turnpike. Three more Americans gone. Then, in October, a California highway became a graveyard when yet another non-domiciled driver failed to stop for traffic. Eight vehicles. Three more fatalities. Sensing a pattern here?
Secretary Duffy dedicated this rule to Dalilah Coleman and every American killed or maimed by unqualified foreign truck drivers. Here’s the bitter truth: every single one of these deaths was preventable. Everyone.
California Leads the Race to the Bottom
Shocking absolutely no one, Gavin Newsom’s California sits at the epicenter of this catastrophe. Federal audits revealed that the Golden State issued approximately 60,000 non-domiciled commercial driver’s licenses. Even worse? A jaw-dropping 25 percent were improperly licensed. Some of these licenses remain valid until 2030, despite the drivers’ immigration documents having expired years ago. That’s not incompetence. That’s willful negligence.
When the Trump administration demanded California clean up its act, Newsom refused. Flat-out defiance. Secretary Duffy responded without pulling punches: “It would have never happened if Gavin Newsom had followed our new rules. California broke the law and now three people are dead and two are hospitalized. These people deserve justice. There will be consequences.”
The contrast couldn’t be starker. Texas Governor Greg Abbott ordered strict enforcement of English proficiency requirements and partnered with federal agencies to yank dangerous drivers off the road. Oklahoma law enforcement teamed up with ICE to arrest 70 illegal aliens in highway sweeps, removing 34 unlawful drivers. Many of those drivers had obtained their licenses from—you guessed it—sanctuary states like California, Illinois, and New York.
American Roads Are Getting Safer
The new rule eliminates Employment Authorization Documents as valid CDL documentation. It mandates SAVE verification of immigration status. It restricts licensing to fully vetted H-2A, H-2B, and E-2 visa holders only. States that refuse to comply? They can kiss hundreds of millions in federal highway funding goodbye.
President Trump promised to put American safety first. This rule delivers. Blue state governors can keep prioritizing their open-border fantasies over the lives of their own citizens if they want. But now there are real consequences. American families deserve to drive our highways without gambling on whether the big rig in the next lane is operated by someone whose driving record is a black hole. Thanks to this administration, that reckless era is ending. Finally.
Key Takeaways
- Trump’s DOT closed a dangerous loophole allowing unvetted foreign nationals to obtain commercial trucking licenses.
- Blue states like California issued tens of thousands of improper CDLs, contributing to fatal highway crashes.
- The new rule requires mandatory immigration verification and eliminates easily-abused documentation shortcuts.
- States refusing to comply face losing hundreds of millions in federal highway funding.
Sources: Breitbart
