Foreign Drivers Sue US, Florida Over Commercial License Ban

A Department of Transportation rule barring nearly 200,000 foreign truck drivers from holding commercial drivers licenses violates the Administrative Procedure Act and equal protections under the Fifth Amendment, a federal lawsuit filed in Miami claims.

The suit, brought by 19 immigrant truckers, also argues that an indefinite pause on issuing or renewing “non-domiciled” CDLs by the state of Florida violates due process and equal protections under the Fourteenth Amendment.

The complaint comes as labor unions are seeking to have the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit block the DOT regulation that took effect last month. ...