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The Trump administration plans to withhold $40 million from California over its refusal to enforce English language requirements for truckers, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said Wednesday.
The move came weeks after an investigation found that an illegal immigrant truck driver, Harjinder Singh, killed three people after making an illegal U-turn on a Florida road in August. California had issued the driver a commercial license, but these English rules predate the crash.
Duffy cited failures by California to enforce English proficiency rules following one of President Donald Trump’s executive orders.
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California Gov. Gavin Newsom (left) and Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy (right). On Wednesday, Duffy said he will withhold $40 million from California over its failure to enforce English language rules for commercial truck drivers. (Ayfun Coskun/Anadolu via Getty Images (left); Yuki Iwamura/Bloomberg via Getty Images (right))
“California is the only state in the nation that refuses to ensure big rig drivers can read our road signs and communicate with law enforcement. This is a fundamental safety issue that impacts you and your family on America’s roads,” Duffy said.
“The Golden State thinks it’s OK to ignore @USDOT English language requirements for truckers. You can play all the games you want, but not at the expense of American lives,” Duffy wrote on X.
Duffy said the truck driver in the Florida crash should not have been given a commercial license because of his immigration status.
Diana Crofts-Pelayo, a spokesperson for California Gov. Gavin Newsom, told Fox News Digital that California commercial truck drivers have a lower crash rate than the national average.
Composite image shows firefighters responding to a fatal Florida crash linked to Harjinder Singh’s truck and bodycam still of Singh being cited for speeding in…
