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House Homeland Security subcommittee hears competing views on DOT rule restricting non‑domiciled CDLs
Summary
At a House Homeland Security subcommittee hearing, state law‑enforcement officials described arrests and safety lapses tied to non‑domiciled commercial driver's licenses while a Public Citizen attorney said the Trump administration’s DOT rule would remove thousands of legally authorized drivers and worsen workforce shortages.
The House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Oversight, Investigations, and Accountability on Feb. 13, 2026, held a hearing on the Department of Transportation and Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) rule restricting issuance of non‑domiciled commercial driver's licenses (CDLs).
Chairman Burkin opened the hearing by arguing the topic falls within the committee’s jurisdiction because DHS coordinates on immigration verification and law‑enforcement efforts with DOT and ICE. He cited DOT and FMCSA audits he said revealed state failures — including a California figure he described as 17,000 allegedly improper non‑domiciled CDLs and a claim that over 50% of New York’s non‑domiciled CDLs were in violation of federal standards — and linked those findings to fatal crashes in 2025 he said involved noncitizen drivers.
Tim Tipton, commissioner of the Oklahoma Department of Public Safety, told the panel that his agency’s use of ICE credentialing and joint emphasis operations uncovered a “shocking amount” of transnational freight driven by people his troopers subsequently arrested for immigration violations. Tipton said OHP had taken “over 450 CMV operators into…
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