Duffy Pulls $160 Million From California Over Truck Licenses (1)

The US Department of Transportation is withholding about $160 million from California after the state delayed canceling thousands of commercial driver’s licenses that regulators say were issued illegally.

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said Wednesday that the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration will pull funding after the state missed a Jan. 5 deadline to revoke 17,000 licenses issued to foreign-born truckers. California’s Department of Motor Vehicles has agreed to cancel the licenses, but last week extended its planned revocation date by two months.

Duffy’s agency says that California’s licensing program for foreign-born drivers has “collapsed,” allowing the state to grant licenses ...