Democrat Judges Pump Brakes On Trump Admin’s Crackdown On Illegal Migrant Truckers

A pair of Democrat-appointed judges temporarily paused the Trump administration’s crackdown on illegal migrant truck drivers.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia on Monday issued an administrative stay against the Department of Transportation’s (DOT) emergency rules against non-domiciled Commercial Driver’s Licenses (CDLs), with two judges voting for the stay and one judge voting against it, according to court documents. The ruling will, for now, allow many illegal migrant CDL holders to remain on American highways.

“The purpose of this administrative stay is to give the court sufficient opportunity to consider the emergency motions for stay pending review and should not be construed in any way as a ruling on the merits of those motions,” the order stated.

Judge Florence Pan, appointed to the bench by the Biden administration, and Judge Robert Wilkins, appointed to the bench by the Obama administration, voted for the administrative stay. Judge Karen Henderson, appointed by President George H. W. Bush, voted against the pause.

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy issued sweeping restrictions in September against commercial drivers after discovering “catastrophic patterns” of state officials illegally handing out licenses to foreign drivers.

Under the emergency rules, non-citizens wishing to earn a non-domiciled CDL had to undergo a mandatory federal 🛂Immigration status check and have an employment-based visa, according to the DOT.  The new requirements — which largely did not apply to lawful permanent residents — aimed to crack down on illegal migrants who managed to obtain CDLs while knowing little to no English, posing serious danger to American roadways.