California pulls 17,000 immigrant CDLs after discovering drivers' legal U.S. stay expired

California is pulling 17,000 commercial driver's licenses given to immigrants. This comes following the discovery that the expiration dates on the licenses had passed the drivers' legally allotted time to stay in the U.S.

The federal government says California issued them illegally, while the state says the feds are overreaching. Now, some people in the trucking industry say they're the ones caught in the middle.

"I think the DMV of California messed it up, not those guys," said Parmander Dayal, former trucker and the owner of the 99 truck wash and smog check near Yuba City. ---More...

????BREAKING: California was just forced to REVOKE 17,000 Commerical Driver's Licenses from illegal aliens after President Trump's admin. threatened to DEFUND THEM!

This is what I voted for! pic.twitter.com/NpKh24L6Oo

— Bo Loudon (@BoLoudon)November 16, 2025

California was just forced to REVOKE 17,000 Commerical Driver's Licenses from illegal aliens after President Trump's admin. threatened to DEFUND THEM!

This is what I voted for!