Sean Duffy details Trump admin crackdown on fraudulent commercial driving
Fraudulent CDL training schools face a massive federal crackdown as Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy details enforcement actions. Under the Trump administration, the Department of Transportation shut down more than 110 driving schools and revoked over 30,000 commercial driver’s licenses illegally issued to immigrants. Additionally, Duffy addresses lawsuits from several states opposing federal database access.
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FIRST ON FOX — Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is launching a new tipline for Americans to report suspected commercial driver’s license (CDL) fraud as the Trump administration ramps up its crackdown on unqualified truckers following a series of deadly crashes involving illegal immigrants.
ICE’s Homeland Security Investigations announced the official CDL fraud tipline Tuesday, Fox News Digital learned.
Americans can report suspected fraud by calling 866-347-2423.
The new tipline comes as the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Department of Transportation (DOT) have expanded efforts to identify illegal immigrants and other unqualified drivers operating commercial vehicles on American roads.
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The United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced it would join the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) in its mission to crack down on fraudulent and illegal practices in commercial driver’s license (CDL) schools. (Department of Homeland Security)
DHS pointed Fox News Digital to cases involving illegal immigrants who received CDLs from states including California, Massachusetts, New York and Pennsylvania before later being involved in fatal crashes or arrested in connection with other alleged crimes.
“Too many American lives have been lost or permanently changed because illegal aliens who have no business being on our roads have been granted CDLs,” DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin said.
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“ICE and our federal partners, including the Department of Transportation, will be cracking down on CDL fraud so that not one more American life is lost to a reckless illegal alien behind the wheel of a semi-truck. You can help save American lives and make our roads safer by dialing ICE’s new CDL fraud tipline today.”
DHS also shared details behind several deadly crashes that officials say point to the concerns behind the Trump administration’s crackdown.
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Immigration and Customs Enforcement vehicles are displayed in front of the White House during DHS’s fleet rollout, Thursday, Aug. 14, 2025. (@DHSgov via X)
In July, Michael Bon, an illegal immigrant from Haiti who DHS says had been granted a CDL by Massachusetts, allegedly caused a semi-truck crash that killed a Pennsylvania State Trooper.
Another case cited by the department left four people dead in Indiana.
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Three cases presented by DHS to Fox News Digital highlight the Trump administration’s crackdown on commercial driver license fraud, including ICE’s new tipline. (Department of Homeland Security)
Bekzhan Beishekeev, an illegal immigrant from Kyrgyzstan, swerved into oncoming traffic in February and caused a head-on collision that killed four people, according to DHS. The department said Pennsylvania had granted Beishekeev a commercial driver’s license before the crash. ICE arrested him that month.
In Oregon, Rajinder Kumar, an illegal immigrant from India, jackknifed his trailer in November 2025 in a crash that killed a newlywed couple, according to DHS. The department said Kumar had been granted a CDL by California and was arrested by ICE in April 2026.
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A multi-vehicle crash involving semi-trucks on the I-10 Freeway in San Bernardino County, Calif., that involved an illegal immigrant driver. On Thursday, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said an operation to get dangerous illegal immigrant drivers off the road resulted in 223 arrests. (KTLA)
And in Florida, Harjinder Singh, an illegal immigrant from India, made an illegal U-turn in a tractor-trailer in August 2025, causing a crash that killed three people, according to DHS. The department said California had granted Singh a CDL.
The tipline is the latest step in a broader federal crackdown on commercial trucking fraud and unqualified drivers.
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An exterior view of a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) administrative office and processing center on June 28, 2025. (Paul Weaver/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)
In August, DHS said the second wave of Operation Highway Shield removed more than 800 truckers from U.S. roads, including 51 illegal immigrants, during a three-day operation.
A separate three-day operation in Oklahoma in October 2025 resulted in the arrests of 120 illegal immigrants, including 91 who were operating commercial vehicles with CDLs, according to DHS.
DHS and DOT have also targeted fraudulent and illegal practices at CDL schools nationwide as part of the Trump administration’s broader crackdown.
