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Meanwhile, the Illinois Secretary of State is refusing to revoke non-domiciled CDLs (truck driver's licenses) identified in a Dept. of Transportation audit as having been unlawfully issued in violation of federal law. The DOT audit--conducted by FMCSA--found "systemic policy, procedural, and programming errors" in how the IL SOS office issued nearly 11,000 non-domiciled CDLs to foreigners and, in some cases, to those here illegally over the past few years. IL SOS: "Every Non-Domiciled CDL applicant in Illinois presented validly issued immigration documents to SOS at the time of their Non-Dom CDL transaction," the office wrote in a response to the feds last week. That claim is contrary to FMCSA findings--which identified several instances of either incorrect or expired immigration documents accepted by the IL SOS in issuing non-domiciled CDLs. Some applicants did not cite a country of origin. IL SOS also disclosed copies of required documents--unexpired passports, employment authorization forms--were not kept by the office because it wasn't required by federal law. At risk is $128 million in federal highway funds--not to mention the safety of Illinois (and national) roadways. If IL SOS continues to refuse to cooperate with efforts to identify and revoke unlawfully issued ND-CDLs, the feds can suspend the state's ENTIRE CDL program. FMCSA is expected to reply to IL SOS claims soon.

Democrats defunded DHS because they don’t want to enforce immigration laws any longer. Senator Duckworth and her colleagues punished thousands of Americans because they prefer to keep violent illegal aliens in our country. That was a choice made by Democrats.

Meanwhile, the Illinois Secretary of State is refusing to revoke non-domiciled CDLs (truck driver's licenses) identified in a Dept. of Transportation audit as having been unlawfully issued in violation of federal law. The DOT audit--conducted by FMCSA--found "systemic policy, procedural, and programming errors" in how the IL SOS office issued nearly 11,000 non-domiciled CDLs to foreigners and, in some cases, to those here illegally over the past few years. IL SOS: "Every Non-Domiciled CDL applicant in Illinois presented validly issued immigration documents to SOS at the time of their Non-Dom CDL transaction," the office wrote in a response to the feds last week. That claim is contrary to FMCSA findings--which identified several instances of either incorrect or expired immigration documents accepted by the IL SOS in issuing non-domiciled CDLs. Some applicants did not cite a country of origin. IL SOS also disclosed copies of required documents--unexpired passports, employment authorization forms--were not kept by the office because it wasn't required by federal law. At risk is $128 million in federal highway funds--not to mention the safety of Illinois (and national) roadways. If IL SOS continues to refuse to cooperate with efforts to identify and revoke unlawfully issued ND-CDLs, the feds can suspend the state's ENTIRE CDL program. FMCSA is expected to reply to IL SOS claims soon.

🚛 States Are Writing Their Own CDL Laws Indiana, Alabama, and South Dakota have already signed legislation this month tightening non-domiciled CDL rules, and Tennessee, Georgia, and South Carolina are moving fast behind them. Indiana's law is the sharpest: all non-domiciled CDLs issued before March 1 expire April 1, fake credentials are a felony, and employers who knowingly hire ineligible drivers face $50,000 fines. Alabama codified federal rules into state law with doubled penalties for repeat violations. Tennessee is pushing further. Its bill would make it a Class A misdemeanor to drive a truck without documentation and give any injured Tennessean a private right of action against the company that hired the driver and the state that issued the driver's license.  Source: Landline Media