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The commercial driver's license is the load-bearing credential in U.S. trucking: no 80,000-pound semi moves legally without one, and issuance sits with state motor vehicle agencies.
That credentialing layer is now at the center of a federal enforcement action.
A multi-agency operation in Arizona's Yuma Sector, running from August 10 to 14, resulted in the arrest of 95 illegal alien truck drivers, each carrying a state-issued commercial driver's license.
Of those licenses, 76 were issued by California and six by New York, with the remainder from a handful of other states, according to Customs and Border Protection.
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