"The truckers had their licenses taken by the DMV on March 6 because of a clerical error. The Trump administration had been heavily leaning on the state to do this, arguing that the immigrant truck drivers pose a road safety threat."
"Schwartz's latest ruling comes a month after she ordered the DMV to allow truckers to reapply for their licenses. That ruling came after lawyers from the Asian Law Caucus, the Sikh Coalition, and the firm Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP filed a class-action lawsuit against the DMV in late 2025 on behalf of immigrant truck drivers."
"Within weeks, the DMV had provided a way for non-domiciled immigrants, or people who are in the country legally but don't have a permanent home, to apply for commercial licenses and created a process to reinstate all canceled licenses."
More than 13,000 immigrant truckers in Oakland are waiting for their commercial driver's licenses to be reinstated after a clerical error by the DMV. Judge Karin Schwartz is overseeing the DMV's compliance with her order to reissue licenses and requires progress reports. The licenses were revoked due to pressure from the Trump administration, which claimed immigrant truckers posed a safety threat. A class-action lawsuit led to a ruling allowing truckers to reapply for their licenses, and the DMV has since created a process for reinstatement and new applications.
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