Transportation Secretary Slams Court Ruling Blocking CDL Restrictions for Illegal Immigrants
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy criticized a federal court ruling Monday that blocked the Trump administration’s effort to restrict illegal immigrants from obtaining commercial driver’s licenses (CDLs). According to…

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy criticized a federal court ruling Monday that blocked the Trump administration’s effort to restrict Illegal immigrants from obtaining commercial driver’s licenses (CDLs).
According to Fox News, during an interview with Laura Ingraham, Duffy said they were “not going to take this lying down.”
“We are going to do all we can to protect the American people,” he added.
The comments follow a decision last Thursday by a federal appeals court in Washington, D.C., which ruled that the Department of Transportation’s restrictions could not be enforced.
The rule, announced in September, aimed to prevent Illegal immigrants from obtaining CDLs after a tractor-trailer crash in Fort Pierce, Florida, killed three people. Harjinder Singh, an illegal immigrant, was accused of causing the deadly crash.
The court found that the federal government had not followed proper procedures when implementing the rule and failed to show how it would improve public safety. Judges also highlighted Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration data indicating that immigrants hold about 5% of all commercial driver’s licenses but account for only 0.2% of fatal crashes.


