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DOT Immigrant License Crackdown Effects On Trucking

By Linda Chiem · April 17, 2026, 6:35 PM EDT

New lawsuits and a tricky compliance landscape have besieged a trucking industry navigating the Trump administration's aggressive enforcement of restrictions on immigrant commercial truck drivers, as motor carriers, freight brokers and...

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Case Information

Case Title

California Department of Motor Vehicles v. DOT, et al

Case Number

26-1027

Court

Appellate - DC Circuit

Nature of Suit

Petition for Review 

Date Filed

February 04, 2026

Case Title

Jorge Lujan, et al v. FMCSA, et al

Case Number

26-1032

Court

Appellate - DC Circuit

Nature of Suit

Petition for Review 

Date Filed

February 12, 2026

Case Title

Martin Luther King, Jr. County v. DOT, et al

Case Number

26-1046

Court

Appellate - DC Circuit

Nature of Suit

Petition for Review 

Date Filed

March 04, 2026

Case Title

R.K.G. et al v. Barrs et al

Case Number

1:26-cv-22615

Court

Florida Southern

Nature of Suit

Civil Rights: Other

Date Filed

April 15, 2026

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