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Texas, South Dakota, Colorado and Washington were sent letters Oct. 23 by FMCSA Chief Counsel Jesse Elison detailing preliminary determinations of noncompliance.

The Nov. 8-11 dragnet, called Operation Bear Cave, focused on intercepting immigrants holding state-issued CDLs but who lacked permanent legal status driving commercial vehicles.

Agency's letter to the state Department of Motor Vehicles outlined a series of actions California must take to rectify what FMCSA has determined are problematic processes and systems.

"We won’t stop fighting to keep dangerous, unqualified truck drivers off the road," Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said in a post on X. 

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit granted an emergency stay, saying the petitioners met the “stringent requirements for a stay pending court review.”

FMCSA's interim final rule limits eligibility to specific visa categories and requires states to align their CDL programs with federal standards.

A growing number of bad actors are posing as truck driver training schools, and the White House should be commended for taking this issue seriously, write Andrew Poliakoff and Chris Spear.

The court said the federal government didn't follow proper procedure in drafting the rule and failed to “articulate a satisfactory explanation for how the rule would promote safety.”

California will revoke 17,000 commercial driver licenses issued to immigrants after finding expiration dates exceeded legal status limits, following federal scrutiny.

Texas leads the nation in employment of heavy-duty truck drivers with 212,770 who earn an average of $54,550 yearly, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.