The Non-Domiciled CDL Crackdown Has Arrived – 13,000 Drivers Out, a National Rule A Few Days Away

The deadline everyone in trucking has been watching finally arrived. On March 6, 2026, approximately 13,000 non-domiciled commercial driver’s licenses were cancelled in California — not by a clean ...
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California to lose CDL issuing ability? March 6 deadline for 17,000 non-domiciled CDL drivers intensifies pressure

California on Friday had to choose between revoking 17,000 non-domiciled CDLs or losing its ability to issue CDLs at all. Early indications show they caved to federal pressure.

Thousands of California immigrant truck drivers lose license due to federal crackdown, DMV says

The California Department of Motor Vehicles said Friday that the federal government is requiring them to cancel the ...

Transportation secretary orders sweeping CDL test changes in trucking crackdown: 'English only'

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy announces new English-only requirement for commercial driver’s license tests, ending ...

California DMV cancels licenses for 13,000 immigrant truck drivers under federal mandate

The California Department of Motor Vehicles said the federal government is requiring approximately 13,000 non-domiciled commercial truck drivers statewide to have their licenses revoked, effective ...

Several local CDL training schools received removal notices after USDOT, FMCSA crackdown

U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy announced in a Feb. 18 release that over 557 CDL training schools reportedly ...