Fed-up with California’s issuance of commercial driver’s licenses to illegal migrants, U.S. Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy on Sunday said the federal government is on the verge of yanking $160 million from the Golden State.

“I’m about to pull $160 million from California,” Duffy said on “Sunday Morning Futures” on the Fox News Channel, “and as we pull more money, we also have the option of pulling California’s ability to issue commercial driver’s licenses.”

Duffy said the state’s governor, Democrat Gavin Newsom “cares more abut illegals getting commercial driver’s licenses than he does the citizens of his own state and the safety of Americans.”

“It’s shameful. He’s been lying about what he’s been doing. And again we’re gonna fight tooth and nail under President Trump’s administration to make sure that we hold states like California accountable.”

“I’m about to pull $160M from California — and as we pull more money, we also have the option of pulling California’s ability to issue commercial driver’s licenses,” says @SecDuffy.

“Newsom cares more about illegals getting CDLs than he does the citizens of his own state.” pic.twitter.com/9w1wWNNRpa

— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) October 26, 2025

Duffy explained there’s a “non-domiciled CDL” that allows Americans who reside in one state to be issued a license from another.

“But you’re an American citizen,” he stressed. “Democrats have contorted this rule, they’ve abused the rule, and they have now allowed foreigners to get a non-domiciled CDL.”

Duffy indicated 60,000 of such licenses have now been issued to people who are not in the country legally and are putting citizens at risk on the roadways.

“So you have 60,000 people on the roads who shouldn’t have licenses. They ‘re driving fuel tankers, they’re driving school buses,” he said.

“Gavin Newsom has thumbed his nose at us.”

We are going to STOP THIS CHARADE! No more licenses until we figure out how many problems we have in the system.

Illegal truck drivers are taking INNOCENT LIVES.

California’s Gavin Newsom must be held accountable. https://t.co/8TuxYer8gw

— Secretary Sean Duffy (@SecDuffy) October 24, 2025

Bartiromo also brought up the point that these illegal aliens could be able to cast votes in American elections using their driver’s licenses as identification.

“If you’re an illegal, you shouldn’t have a license,” Duffy stated, adding ‘there could be some kind of identifier [on a driver’s license] that shows you’re not a citizen.”

“This is the corruption that happens inside of Democrat states.”