Noem says foreigners can’t drive and ‘endanger our citizens’ as she defends Trump team’s new rules for migrant drivers
Kristi Noem warns migrant truck drivers: ‘Your days are numbered’
- Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem defended new restrictions on commercial driver's licenses (CDLs) for non-American truck drivers, stating they endanger citizens.
- These restrictions, announced by Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy, mandate non-citizens to possess an employment-based visa and pass federal immigration checks for CDLs.
- Noem reported 223 immigrants, including 146 truck drivers, were arrested in Indiana during “Operation Midway Blitz,” with over 40 holding CDLs.
- She criticized “sanctuary states” for allegedly issuing CDLs to non-citizens, with Transportation Secretary Duffy threatening to withhold $160 million in federal funds from California.
- Noem rejected Illinois Governor JB Pritzker's plea to halt federal agents' operations in Chicago over Halloween, asserting the commitment to community safety.