Florida Sues California Over Sanctuary Policies, Trucker Licenses For Illegal Immigrants

Florida is suing California over its sanctuary policies and decision to issue commercial driver’s licenses to illegal immigrants.

Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier said the Sunshine State filed a lawsuit Wednesday night, citing a fatal crash on a local turnpike caused by an illegal immigrant truck driver who had a California-issued Commercial Driver’s License (CDL).

The man behind the wheel of the semi tractor-trailer, Indian national Harjinder Singh, 28, made an illegal U-turn in August and killed three people.

“It’s a shame, and that’s why we’re taking Gavin Newsom to the Supreme Court,” Uthmeier told Sean Hannity Wednesday night.

He said Florida intends “to hold them [California] accountable for the carnage that their sanctuary illegal immigration policies have caused to states like Florida across the country.”

“Here in Florida, we can do everything right, we can back the blue, we can enforce the law, we can combat illegal immigration, but we still suffer when Gavin Newsom and liberals on the west coast allow these illegals in, encourage them, enable them to get these driver’s licenses and then they cross the country and ultimately take lives,” Uthmeier said.

“They care more about their love affair with illegals than protecting American citizens,” he added.

Tonight, we filed a lawsuit against Gavin Newsom and California in the US Supreme Court because their so-called “sanctuary” policies for illegal aliens are harming states like Florida.

California must pay for the carnage of their open border policies and unlawful CDL programs. pic.twitter.com/iEauMlWXkY

— Attorney General James Uthmeier (@AGJamesUthmeier) October 16, 2025

The Trump administration has commenced a crackdown on the issuance of CDLs to illegal immigrants. Several Republican lawmakers, led by Kentucky Congressman Andy Barr, are this week expected to introduce legislation that would enable the Secretary of Transportation to stop blue states from issuing commercial licenses to illegals, The Daily Wire reported.

During a recent three-day operation in Oklahoma, ICE agents arrested 91 illegal immigrant truck drivers, most of whom had California CDLs, according to the Department of Homeland Security.

The Department of Transportation has also launched an audit of states issuing CDLs, while instituting an English-language requirement for truck drivers.