{"id":59531,"date":"2026-01-06T22:42:37","date_gmt":"2026-01-06T22:42:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sasquatchnewsonline.com\/?p=59531"},"modified":"2026-01-06T22:42:37","modified_gmt":"2026-01-06T22:42:37","slug":"newsom-defies-trump-extends-migrant-trucker-licenses-in-violation-of-federal-immigration-law","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sasquatchnewsonline.com\/?p=59531","title":{"rendered":"Newsom Defies Trump, Extends Migrant Trucker Licenses in Violation of Federal Immigration Law"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"336\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thegatewaypundit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/img_2903-1200x630.jpeg?resize=640%2C336&#038;ssl=1\" class=\"webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image\" alt=\"California Governor speaking during an interview, showcasing leadership and engagement in state issues with a backdrop of the California flag.\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/p>\n<figure aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1476781\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-facebook wp-image-1476781\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thegatewaypundit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/img_2903-1200x630.jpeg?resize=640%2C336&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"California Governor speaking during an interview, showcasing leadership and engagement in state issues with a backdrop of the California flag.\" width=\"640\" height=\"336\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gavin Newsom on Meet The Press<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>California Governor Gavin Newsom, who has driven the state into the ground, is brazenly defying federal immigration law, with the radical left-globalist, anti-American administration now sabotaging efforts to revoke thousands of commercial truck driver\u2019s licenses handed out to foreign nationals\u2014many of them here illegally\u2014exposed in a federal audit.<\/p>\n<p>The move has provoked fierce pushback from the Trump administration, which is calling out the rogue state for jeopardizing American lives on highways.<\/p>\n<p>At the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/california-defies-deadline-immigrant-trucker-licenses-feds-threaten-funding-cuts\">heart of this matter<\/a> are over 17,000 shady \u201cnon-domiciled\u201d commercial driver\u2019s licenses that California recklessly issued to noncitizens, including those without proper immigration status or work authorization. Federal officials uncovered massive fraud and violations\u2014licenses that, under American law, should have been stripped away immediately to protect American citizens.<\/p>\n<div class=\"tgp-post-inline-1\">\n<div class=\"adcovery-postinline-01\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>President Trump\u2019s team gave California a rock-solid deadline to clean up this mess and revoke the illegal licenses, warning that defying the will of the American people would bring serious consequences. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy, speaking plainly, said there will be no extensions and no excuses, adding California has no moral or legal right to threaten Americans\u2019 safety.<\/p>\n<p>Instead of putting the American people first, the California DMV arrogantly announced it would drag its feet until early 2026, hiding behind claims of needing \u201cmore time\u201d to avoid \u201cmistakes.\u201d Federal authorities see right through this as pure globalist obstructionism, and deliberate stonewalling to shield illegal migrants at the expense of hardworking American families.<\/p>\n<p>Duffy fired back, saying the regime in Sacramento is willfully breaking federal law and endangering Americans on our roads. He warned that California stands to lose up to $160 million in federal highway funds\u2014money extracted from hardworking, law-abiding American taxpayers\u2014if it keeps thumbing its nose at the rule of law.<\/p>\n<p>The Trump administration has already hit back hard, withholding tens of millions in funds and ready to unleash more penalties until California backs down. For President Trump and his team, this is about enforcing our borders and protecting American sovereignty.<\/p>\n<p>Trucking is a deadly serious job involving 80,000-pound rigs barreling down highways full of American families. When drivers lack legal status or authorization, they have no business behind the wheel.<\/p>\n<p>This scandal has been amplified by a string of horrific crashes nationwide caused by foreign drivers with questionable or outright illegal credentials, putting innocent American lives at risk.<\/p>\n<p>Open-borders lobbyists and activist groups like the Sikh Coalition and Asian Law Caucus have rushed to defend Newsom\u2019s anti-American policies, suing to keep these licenses intact and crying about \u201cdisrupted livelihoods.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But from the Trump administration\u2019s America First viewpoint, that\u2019s nonsense: No foreign national\u2014legal or illegal\u2014has an automatic \u201cright\u201d to drive massive trucks on American roads if they can\u2019t meet basic federal standards. Political pressure and leftist lawsuits ought not to override American safety.<\/p>\n<p>While many migrants do fill many trucking jobs, only a fraction is believed to legally qualify for these special licenses. California\u2019s sky-high numbers scream sanctuary-state abuse\u2014flagrantly flooding highways with unvetted drivers while Americans pay the price.<\/p>\n<p>The Trump administration views this as a fight that is part of a larger war to reclaim America\u2019s public safety from years of weak, globalist policies that sold out American workers and citizens. Duffy is rolling out new grants to help loyal states root out unqualified drivers, suggesting that this crackdown only just beginning.<\/p>\n<p>Newsom\u2019s regime insists it\u2019s all about \u201cdue process,\u201d but keen observers know better that California\u2019s long history points to the idea that this is deliberate protection of illegal migration.<\/p>\n<p>Conservatives across the country are asking how California handed out these licenses undiscerningly and without regard for human life in the first place, treating federal immigration law as optional while American blood is spilled on the asphalt.<\/p>\n<p>This particular showdown reveals whether radical blue states keep ignoring federal authority, pocketing billions in American taxpayer dollars, all while turning our roads into a dangerous experiment in unchecked mass immigration?<\/p>\n<div class=\"tgp-post-above-comments\">\n<div class=\"adcovery-postbelow-01\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thegatewaypundit.com\/2026\/01\/newsom-defies-trump-extends-migrant-trucker-licenses-violation\/\">Newsom Defies Trump, Extends Migrant Trucker Licenses in Violation of Federal Immigration Law<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thegatewaypundit.com\/\">The Gateway Pundit<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gavin Newsom on Meet The Press California Governor Gavin Newsom, who has driven the state into the ground,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-59531","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.7 - 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