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The Ben Ferguson Podcast

License to Fail! Thousands of Illegals Driving Big Rigs w Questionable Licenses

The Ben Ferguson Podcast

iHeartPodcasts

Politics, News, News Commentary

4.94.7K Ratings

🗓️ 31 October 2025

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

1. Issuance of CDLs to Illegal Immigrants

  • The commentary claims that thousands of CDLs have been issued to individuals who are not legally present in the U.S., particularly in sanctuary states like California, New York, and Illinois.
  • Some licenses were allegedly issued with “no name given”, raising concerns about identity verification and accountability.
  • A federal audit reportedly found that California issued 62,000 CDLs to individuals without permanent legal status.

2. Federal Response & Enforcement

  • Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy is quoted announcing a nationwide audit and issuing an emergency rule to tighten eligibility for non-domiciled CDL holders.
  • States failing to comply with federal standards risk losing transportation funding and licensing authority.
  • California is singled out as the worst offender, with over 25% of its non-domiciled CDLs allegedly issued illegally.

3. Public Safety Concerns

  • The podcast cites fatal accidents involving illegal immigrant truck drivers, including one in Florida where the driver reportedly did not speak English.
  • Concerns are raised about drivers being unable to read road signs, posing risks to American motorists.

4. Chinese Influence Allegations

  • A significant portion of the document focuses on the Chinese American Truckers Organization USA, Inc., which allegedly helps Chinese nationals obtain CDLs.
  • The group is linked to Chinese Communist Party (CCP) influence networks, raising national security alarms.
  • Allegations include training illegal immigrants, placing them in sensitive jobs, and operating through CCP-affiliated entities.

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0:00.0

This is an I-Heart podcast.

0:05.2

There has been a big issue that has come about that is now turning into an even bigger nightmare than what we realized.

0:13.3

And that is the number of commercial driver's licenses that have been deliberately given out to illegal immigrants.

0:21.2

We know it was deliberate because many of them received their driver's license,

0:26.5

their CDLs, under, and I'm quoting, no name given.

0:33.6

Elise Tophonic, serving New York's 21st District, putting out this statement about what she has

0:40.6

found out that is happening in New York State.

0:42.7

And remember, if you get a CDL in New York, there's a very good chance that you're going

0:48.0

to be driving that cargo around the country.

0:51.6

So you may say, well, this is New York.

0:53.9

It doesn't really affect me.

0:56.0

It absolutely does.

0:58.1

And we are witnessing it take lives of Americans all over the country.

1:03.7

I want you to listen to her statement.

1:06.2

She says, quote,

1:07.2

The worst governor in America,

1:10.2

Hocel has certainly fallen a long way from her start in Buffalo

1:15.0

when she opposed driver's licenses for illegals, an Erie County Clerk's office.

1:21.6

At every opportunity, the governor Hocel has turned her back on New Yorkers to bend the knee to the radical far left of the Democratic Party

1:31.3

that puts illegals and criminals first and hardworking law-biting New Yorkers last.

1:38.9

The latest bombshell discovery is that the governor and her movement.

1:44.6

Governor Hodgell has a dangerous and irresponsible, quote, green light law that allows

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