US EditionNew York May Lose $73M in Federal Highway Funds over Flawed Immigrant Commercial Driver’s Licenses
Federal audit found 53% of New York’s non-domiciled commercial driver’s licenses were issued unlawfully, prompting a $73 million highway fund withholding threat unless compliance is met in 30 days.
- On Dec. 12, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said the U.S. Department of Transportation warned New York state it has 30 days to comply or lose $73 million in highway funds.
- A federal audit found 107 of the 200 sampled records were issued in violation, as the NY DMV system defaults to eight-year CDLs even for short-term work authorizations, Duffy said Friday.
- Citing the nationwide review, Duffy said New York state could not prove verification for 32,000 active non-domiciled commercial licenses and called it `the worst offender`, while California revoked 17,000 CDLs.
- New York Department of Motor Vehicles said it will review the U.S. Department of Transportation letter and respond, while the DOT audits multiple states including California and Texas.
- The DOT has also put $18 billion on hold for two New York projects, proposed new restrictions on noncitizen CDLs that a court blocked, and the FMCSA issued an emergency interim rule affecting nearly 200,000 individuals.
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BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) Secretary Sean Duffy made a stunning claim against New York State during a press conference Friday where he threatened to pull federal funding over the way the state issues its commercial driving licenses to foreigners. "As we've done this nationwide audit, we found the worst offender, [...]
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New York is the eighth state found to routinely issue commercial driver’s licenses to immigrants that are valid long after they are no longer legally authorized to be in the country, U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said Friday, and he threatened to withhold $73 million in highway funds unless the system is fixed and any [...]
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