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Trump Grants Veterans Automatic CDLs Amid Immigration Truck Driver Crackdown

7/16/2026

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President Donald Trump announced that military heavy-truck veterans will automatically qualify for commercial driver’s licenses to replace illegal truck drivers.
ICE filed a detainer for Michael Bon, charged with vehicular homicide after a Pennsylvania crash that killed State Trooper Michael Pahira Jr.
Federal immigration officers were sent to weigh stations to locate about 200,000 noncitizen CDL holders after the administration rescinded 28,000 licenses and pursued 194,000 more, raising driver-shortage concerns.

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President Donald Trump announced that military heavy-truck veterans will automatically qualify for commercial driver’s licenses to replace illegal truck drivers.
ICE filed a detainer for Michael Bon, charged with vehicular homicide after a Pennsylvania crash that killed State Trooper Michael Pahira Jr.
Federal immigration officers were sent to weigh stations to locate about 200,000 noncitizen CDL holders after the administration rescinded 28,000 licenses and pursued 194,000 more, raising driver-shortage concerns.