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Grassroots support Duffy's crackdown on truckers with illegal CDLs
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Three Texas grassroots organizations applaud Secretary Duffy's emergency action on commercial driver licensing

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(AUSTIN, TEXAS — October 6, 2025) — Texans Uniting for Reform and Freedom(TURF), Texans for Toll-free Highways (TTH), and Grassroots America - We the People (GAWTP) are committed to protecting the safety and sovereignty of Texas roads and highways and announce their strong support of U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy’s emergency actions announced Friday, September 26, 2025. The new rule targeting the abuse of non-domiciled Commercial Driver’s Licenses (CDLs) is a bold and necessary move that prioritizes the lives and safety of American citizens.

The Department of Transportation’s decision to crack down on dangerously lax licensing procedures is long overdue. The groups share Duffy’s outrage over the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s (FMCSA) review of state issuances of both CDLs and commercial learner’s permits (CLP) that found substantial non-compliance of drivers who live in a state or country with different standards than the state where they are licensed.

Texas is one of six states in systematic non-compliance for issuing non-domiciled CDLs along with California, Colorado, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, and Washington.

“American families should not have to worry about unqualified or unlawfully-present individuals operating 85,000-pound trucks on public roads. Texans are fed-up with policies that put political correctness over basic public safety,” noted TURF Founder and Executive Director Terri Hall.

“We applaud Secretary Duffy and the Trump administration for taking decisive action and demanding accountability from rogue states. Dangerous drivers with expired visas or no legal status should never have been licensed to begin with. This rule is a victory for safety, common sense, and the rule of law,” remarked JoAnn Fleming, Executive Director of Grassroots America.