New York to stop giving commercial drivers licenses to non-citizens

New York state will no longer give drivers licenses to non-citizen immigrants, following a tightening of restrictions and threats to withhold funding from the Trump administration.

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“Upon specific order from the federal government, New York’s non-domiciled CDL program is indefinitely paused, including renewals,” New York Department of Motor Vehicles spokesperson Walter McClure told Newsday, which first reported the development.

New York state will no longer give drivers licenses to non-citizen immigrants, following a tightening of restrictions and threats to withhold funding from the Trump administration. Oklahoma.gov

The feds, citing an audit of 200 New York Commercial Drivers Licenses by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration that found 107 were approved unlawfully, had threatened to pul $73 million in highway funding if the state didn’t stop giving licenses to non-citizens.

The feds revoked U.S. DOT guidance allowing non-citizens with federal work authorization to obtain CDL’s last year.