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20 American states press Trump admin to drop rule curbing immigrant truck drivers
DOT has said the nation has roughly 3.8 million CDL holders, including approximately 200,000 non-domiciled drivers.
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Lalit K Jha (5WH) - Wed, 26, Nov 2025
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A 20-state coalition has urged the US Department of Transportation (DOT) to withdraw an interim rule restricting non-domiciled commercial driver’s licenses (CDLs), a move that could affect thousands of legally present immigrant workers, including many from India and other South Asian diaspora communities who operate buses, freight trucks, and construction vehicles across the United States.
In a letter submitted to DOT and the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA), the attorneys general from 20 American states said the rule “will strip nearly all of the country’s 200,000 non-domiciled CDL holders of their licenses and their livelihoods, resulting in the loss of over 5 percent of the commercial driver workforce.”
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