{"id":2573265,"date":"2026-02-25T00:09:59","date_gmt":"2026-02-25T05:09:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-calls-to-cut-off-commercial-drivers-licenses-to-illegal-immigrants\/"},"modified":"2026-02-25T00:13:04","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T05:13:04","slug":"trump-calls-to-cut-off-commercial-drivers-licenses-to-illegal-immigrants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-calls-to-cut-off-commercial-drivers-licenses-to-illegal-immigrants\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump calls to cut off commercial driver&#8217;s licenses to illegal immigrants"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-calls-to-cut-off-commercial-drivers-licenses-to-illegal-immigrants%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2573265&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>In his State of the Union address, president Donald Trump urged Congress to swiftly pass Delilah\u2019s Law, a bill that would bar states from issuing commercial driver\u2019s licenses to illegal immigrants. He argued that many illegal aliens do not speak English and cannot <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sean-duffy-plays-worlds-smallest-violin-for-immigrant-trucker-who-lost-cdl-he-couldnt-be-bothered-to-learn-our-language\/\" title=\"Sean Duffy Plays World&#039;s Smallest Violin for Immigrant Trucker Who Lost CDL: He &#039;Couldn&#039;t Be Bothered to Learn Our Language&#039;\">read basic road signs<\/a>, and he highlighted the case of Delilah Coleman, a five-year-old who was severely injured when an illegal immigrant driving an 18-wheeler, who had been licensed in California, crashed into her car. The proposal is part of a broader critique of immigration policy under the Biden governance.<\/p>\n<p>The article notes that Trump linked the issue to fatalities linked to drivers with questionable licenses and warned of federal funding consequences for states that do not enforce English-language requirements for truck drivers. It also mentions that the Department of Transportation had ordered California to revoke thousands of illegally issued CDLs, with affected licenses needing to be re-applied for and re-tested by a looming deadline. the piece frames Delilah\u2019s Law as a response to what it portrays as unsafe outcomes from the current administration\u2019s stance on immigration.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">State of the Union: Trump urges passage of Delilah&rsquo;s Law to keep <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/oklahoma-governor-warns-illegals-with-sanctuary-state-trucking-licenses-after-state-teams-up-with-ice-to-arrest-125\/\" title=\"Oklahoma Governor Warns Illegals with Sanctuary ... Trucking ... After ... Teams Up with ICE to Arrest 125\">illegal immigrant truck drivers<\/a> off US roads<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2515352\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\">Donald Trump<\/a> called on Congress to swiftly pass Delilah&rsquo;s Law, a bill that would prohibit any state from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-admin-to-make-california-pay-a-hefty-price-for-illegal-cdl-distribution\/\" title=\"... Admin to Make ... Pay a Hefty Price for Illegal CDL Distribution\">issuing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tx-official-give-ballots-to-people-who-show-noncitizen-ids\/\" title=\"TX Official: Give Ballots To People Who Show Noncitizen IDs\">commercial driver&#038;rsquo<\/a><\/a>;s licenses to <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/illegal-immigrants\">illegal immigrants<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Many, if not most, illegal aliens do not speak English and cannot read even the most basic road signs as to direction, speed, danger, or location,&rdquo; Trump said during his <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/state-of-the-union\">State of the Union<\/a> address at the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday evening, motioning to Delilah and her father, Marcus Coleman, in the room.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/immigration\/4469546\/irs-dhs-data-sharing-upheld\/\">Appeals court upholds IRS data sharing with DHS for deportation purposes<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/immigration\/4469482\/trump-abandons-ice-facility-new-hampshire-kelly-ayotte\/\">Trump administration abandons plans for ICE facility in New Hampshire: Kelly Ayotte<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/immigration\/4468666\/maryland-lawsuit-trump-administration-ice-facility\/\">Maryland sues Trump administration to stop construction of ICE detention facility<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;That&rsquo;s why tonight, I&rsquo;m calling on Congress to pass what we will call the Delilah Law, barring any state from <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >granting commercial driver&#038;rsquo<\/a>;s licenses to illegal aliens,&rdquo; Trump said.<\/p>\n<p>Delilah Coleman was severely injured at the age of five when an illegal immigrant operating an 18-wheeler crashed into her car. The driver illegally entered the country during the Biden administration and had been given a license to drive a commercial vehicle by the state of California.<\/p>\n<p>Coleman&rsquo;s case is one of many highlighted by the Trump administration over the past year as negative consequences of the millions of illegal immigrants who the Biden administration allowed into the country.<\/p>\n<p>A number of fatal traffic incidents involving illegal immigrants granted commercial driver&rsquo;s licenses have surfaced nationwide.<\/p>\n<p>In August, Florida police&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/immigration\/3758007\/illegal-immigrant-harjinder-singh-homicide-charges-fatal-highway-crash\/\">identified<\/a>&nbsp;an illegal immigrant, Harjinder Singh, as the driver of an 18-wheeler truck who caused a fatal crash in St. Lucie County that resulted in the deaths of three people.<\/p>\n<p>The Trump administration&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/economy\/3782290\/trump-dot-punish-states-english-language-requirements-truck-drivers\/\">threatened<\/a>&nbsp;to withdraw millions of dollars in federal funding from blue states, including California, New Mexico, and Washington, unless the states adopted and enforced English-language proficiency requirements for&nbsp;commercial drivers.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/national-security\/4469150\/us-unable-fight-every-drone-threat-fifa-world-cup\/\">U.S. UNABLE TO &lsquo;FIGHT EVERY DRONE THREAT&rsquo; AT FIFA WORLD CUP GAMES: OFFICIAL<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Last November, the DOT announced that California would have to revoke thousands of &ldquo;illegally issued&rdquo; commercial driver&rsquo;s licenses.<\/p>\n<p>As of late February, illegal immigrants who were issued commercial driver&rsquo;s licenses in California have roughly one month to reapply for the document and pass the required exams.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump urges Delilah&#8217;s Law to bar illegal CDL licenses<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2655,"featured_media":2573266,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/image-collage-rkdtbn5fz-1771990150060-e1771991773408.jpg?1771973869&amp;w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[74517,69290,70100,74518,3634],"class_list":["post-2573265","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-commercial-drivers-licenses","tag-illegal-immigration-2","tag-immigration-policy-2","tag-trucking-industry","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/image-collage-rkdtbn5fz-1771990150060-e1771991773408.jpg?1771973869&amp;w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2573265","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2655"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2573265"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2573265\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2573269,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2573265\/revisions\/2573269"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2573266"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2573265"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2573265"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2573265"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}