If you've ever driven on the tollway in Illinois, this will confirm what you thought.
A Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration review of Illinois’ non-domiciled commercial driver’s licenses (CDL) found that almost one in every five was issued illegally, according to a Feb. 17 statement by the Department of Transportation.
Non-domiciled refers to foreign nationals living in the United States who have a legal home in other countries. “Illinois has 30 days to come into compliance and revoke the illegally issued licenses—or risk losing $128 million in federal highway funding,” the department said. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) is part of the Transportation Department (DOT)....
Illinois is not the only State that grants Cereal-Box prize' CDL's.
...On Jan. 8, DOT announced that 54 percent of North Carolina’s non-domiciled CDLs reviewed by the FMCSA were issued illegally. The department threatened to withhold almost $50 million in federal funding if the state failed to revoke these licenses.
In December, DOT threatened to cut $24 million in federal highway funds for Colorado for “slow walking a purge of illegally issued truck licenses.” A nationwide audit conducted in October found that around 22 percent of the state’s non-domiciled CDLs were issued illegally.
Also in December, California sued the Trump administration after DOT withheld $33 million in federal funding over the state’s alleged failure to comply with English language proficiency requirements for truckers....
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