State DMV extends commercial licenses, bringing relief to thousands of immigrants

THE CALIFORNIA Department of Motor Vehicles extended the cancellation dates of thousands of commercial driver’s licenses a week after a class-action lawsuit was filed on behalf of immigrants. 

In November, an audit by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration found that more than 17,000 commercial licenses issued to immigrants in California had expiration dates that extended beyond the duration of their legal presence in the country, which actually ran contrary to California DMV’s own law.