The Department of Transportation (DOT) warned on Dec. 1 that Minnesota must revoke commercial driver’s licenses (CDLs) that were illegally issued to noncitizens or risk losing $30.4 million in federal highway funding.
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said the move was necessary after a Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration review found that one-third of the state’s non-domiciled CDLs had been issued illegally.
According to the DOT, its audit found that Minnesota issued non-domiciled CDLs to drivers whose legal status in the United States had already expired, to drivers barred from obtaining those licenses, and without providing evidence that it verified the drivers’ lawful presence in the country….