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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...
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...
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 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...
NHTSA’s early 2024 estimates show U.S. traffic fatalities fell to 39,345 and the national fatality rate dropped to about 1.20 deaths per 100 million vehicle miles traveled—both cited as the lowest sin...
California’s issuance of commercial driver’s licenses (CDLs) to noncitizens has become a flashpoint between state officials and the U.S. Department of Transportation, with federal officials alleging r...
Available analyses show conflicting pictures of how Biden-era infrastructure funding has been allocated between rural and urban areas through 2025: some federal program tallies and announcements empha...
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...
Non‑citizens who are lawful permanent residents (green card holders) generally remain eligible for California commercial driver’s licenses (CDLs) under state rules requiring proof of legal presence, b...
Undocumented immigrants are generally for Commercial Driver’s Licenses (CDLs) under recent federal rule changes and agency guidance, though historical variability and earlier state practices created e...
California historically allowed undocumented residents to obtain standard driver’s licenses under AB 60, but recent federal rule changes and federal enforcement actions in September–October 2025 have ...
California’s rules for issuing Commercial Driver’s Licenses (CDLs) to non-citizens tightened sharply after a U.S. Department of Transportation interim final rule effective September 29, 2025, and the ...
Hiring drivers who lack federal work authorization exposes employers to criminal penalties, civil suits for negligent hiring or negligent entrustment, and increased insurance and compliance risk; insu...
California does not publish a definitive count of commercial driver’s licenses (CDLs) issued to undocumented immigrants after AB 60 ; independent reporting and federal statements point to , but the st...
The central claim across the materials is that , effectively barring most non-citizens except narrowly defined visa holders and prompting California to pause such issuances . The dispute escalated to ...
in the last five years have produced a patchwork of decisions that both constrain and affirm federal immigration enforcement powers vis-à-vis cities and states: a federal judge blocked from conditioni...
Aerial spraying programs in the United States — whether for mosquito control, agricultural pest control, or other large‑area dispersals — would most likely be funded, overseen, or supported by a mix o...
Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (IIJA/BIL) directed nearly $591 billion and has funded tens of thousands of projects—USDOT cites $62 billion in FY2025 formula funding and more than 66,000–72,000...