A group of non-U.S. citizen and temporary resident truck drivers has launched a class-action lawsuit against the California Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) and its director, Steve Gordon, accusing the agency of unlawfully planning to revoke nearly 20,000 commercial driver’s licenses (CDLs) due to administrative blunders.
The suit, filed on December 23 in Alameda County Superior Court, claims the DMV’s actions stem from federal pressure under the Trump administration and violate state law by denying drivers the chance to correct errors or reapply.
The controversy erupted after a federal audit by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) revealed that California had improperly issued thousands of non-domiciled CDLs, licenses for non-U.S. citizens or permanent residents with temporary work authorization, by setting expiration dates that exceeded drivers’ legal presence documents.
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