Trump administration threatens to withhold $75M from Pennsylvania over immigrant truck drivers

The Trump administration threatened Thursday to withhold nearly $75 million in funding if Pennsylvania does not immediately revoke what the administration claims are illegally issued commercial driver's licenses to immigrants.

The move by U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy to target Pennsylvania follows similar action against California. Both states are run by Democratic governors who have criticized President Donald Trump's administration and who are viewed as potential top-shelf contenders to be the party's 2028 presidential nominee.

Duffy has made it a priority to scrutinize how the licenses are issued since August, when a tractor-trailer driver not authorized to be in the U.S. made an illegal U-turn and caused a crash in Florida that killed three people. That incident thrust the issue into the public's consciousness. ---More...

Our message to Pennsylvania is simple: immediately stop issuing licenses illegally to dangerous, foreign truck drivers — or we’ll pull $75 million in federal funds.

I won’t stop fighting to keep you and your family safe on our roads. pic.twitter.com/AjLorkfYWP

— Secretary Sean Duffy (@SecDuffy)November 21, 2025

Our message to Pennsylvania is simple: immediately stop issuing licenses illegally to dangerous, foreign truck drivers — or we’ll pull $75 million in federal funds.

I won’t stop fighting to keep you and your family safe on our roads.