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The administration’s latest move to flag nearly half of the driving schools as noncompliant doesn’t figure to disrupt the industry, experts say. But the scrutiny on immigrant drivers might.

“We are [reining] in illegal and reckless practices that let poorly trained drivers get behind the wheel of semi-trucks and school buses,” DOT Secretary Sean Duffy said.

Gov. Greg Abbott’s office noted that a majority of the drivers detained were holding commercial driver licenses issued by California. None of the drivers was holding a Texas CDL.

Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro's administration said the federal government didn't identify a single CDL issued to someone who wasn't eligible.

Texas, South Dakota, Colorado and Washington were sent letters Oct. 23 by FMCSA Chief Counsel Jesse Elison detailing preliminary determinations of noncompliance.

The Nov. 8-11 dragnet, called Operation Bear Cave, focused on intercepting immigrants holding state-issued CDLs but who lacked permanent legal status driving commercial vehicles.

Agency's letter to the state Department of Motor Vehicles outlined a series of actions California must take to rectify what FMCSA has determined are problematic processes and systems.

"We won’t stop fighting to keep dangerous, unqualified truck drivers off the road," Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said in a post on X. 

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit granted an emergency stay, saying the petitioners met the “stringent requirements for a stay pending court review.”

FMCSA's interim final rule limits eligibility to specific visa categories and requires states to align their CDL programs with federal standards.