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The available reporting does not provide a reliable national tally of how many traffic crashes in the United States were caused specifically by people identified as living in the country unlawfully; c...
As of the sources provided, a majority of reporting distinguishes ordinary state driver’s licenses (19 states + DC as of 2023–2025 reporting) from federally regulated commercial driver’s licenses (CDL...
Available reporting does not provide a single, authoritative percentage of fatal truck crashes caused by noncitizen or undocumented drivers; federal data cited in these sources says about 16–19% of U....
California and New York have been accused of issuing commercial driver's licenses (CDLs) to undocumented immigrants, but available reporting does not provide a definitive, state-by-state tally of how ...
The available reporting shows several high-profile crashes involving drivers described as undocumented who held commercial driver’s licenses (CDLs), prompting federal action and state disputes over li...
Federal rules and recent Department of Transportation emergency guidance make clear that ; limited exceptions historically allowed non‑citizens with temporary lawful status or employment authorization...
Undocumented immigrants’ access to commercial driver’s licenses (CDLs) is : a cluster of states that issue driver’s licenses regardless of immigration status generally allow applicants to pursue CDLs ...
Two linked claims dominate the recent reporting: that a small but highly publicized set of deadly crashes involved truck drivers who were undocumented and that federal and industry figures say illegal...
Federal action in late September 2025 significantly tightened who may receive non‑domiciled commercial driver’s licenses (CDLs), excluding many people who previously used Employment Authorization Docu...
A Senate Commerce Committee report titled “Flight Risk” alleges the Biden White House directed DOT, FAA, FMCSA and FTA to identify airport facilities that could be used as temporary shelters or proces...
Available reporting shows New York State’s 2019 “Green Light Law” lets undocumented immigrants obtain standard (non‑commercial) driver’s licenses, but New York’s DMV states that the Green Light law do...
Federal action in 2025 has sharply narrowed the pathway for undocumented immigrants to obtain Commercial Driver’s Licenses (CDLs): the U.S. Department of Transportation and Federal Motor Carrier Safet...
California currently issues AB 60 driver’s licenses to residents regardless of immigration status, but federal and state rules restrict commercial driver’s licenses (CDLs): applicants for a CDL genera...
Multiple reputable trackers and advocacy groups report that between allow undocumented immigrants to obtain state driver’s licenses for ordinary (non‑federal) purposes, while a smaller, contested subs...
California paused issuing and renewing “non‑domiciled” CDLs and CLPs after a September 2025 FMCSA emergency rule that dramatically tightened documentation and eligibility for non‑citizen commercial dr...
Federal agencies and reporting show only a fragmentary public trail: FMCSA/FARS maintain license‑status tables that can produce year‑by‑year counts, but the available reporting here supplies explicit ...
The core pattern across contingency plans and reporting is clear: , while discretionary programs tied to annual appropriations pause or slow. Services consistently identified as continuing include the...
California currently issues state driver’s licenses to undocumented residents under AB 60, but the ability to issue federally valid Commercial Driver’s Licenses (CDLs) to non-citizens without federal ...
Federal rules and recent enforcement actions make it risky and often unlawful for employers to put undocumented people behind the wheel of interstate commercial trucks: the U.S. Department of Transpor...
Federal rules and court actions are in flux: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration guidance has long allowed certain non‑U.S. nationals with an Employment Authorization Document (EAD) or an unex...