Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy is taking a sledgehammer to one of the most overlooked, yet dangerous scandals in our nation’s transportation system: states issuing commercial driver’s licenses (CDLs) to illegal aliens.This comes just one month after a major trucking accident involving an illegal alien driver. And now, the Department of Transportation’s nationwide audit has exposed a systemic breakdown that is putting every American family at risk on our highways.Duffy revealed on Friday that the DOT’s audit uncovered widespread abuse and incompetence by state agencies responsible for issuing CDLs. The details are beyond infuriating:States are failing to validate legal presence. Licenses are being issued to individuals without confirming their lawful immigration status.CDLs are being extended far beyond lawful presence. In some cases, licenses are valid months — even years — after a driver’s work permit has expired.Computer flaws and procedural errors have compounded the crisis, allowing unqualified, nondomiciled drivers to hit American roads.Duffy didn’t hold back in his Friday announcement:DUFFY: “We have launched a nationwide audit of nondomiciled CDLS to get the bottom of what we think in causing this crisis. Something was seriously wrong.It was alleged that the open borders policies of the last administration has led to an exploitation of our nation’s trucking licensing system.So I’m here to tell you that after an audit; these reports are all true!What our audit has discovered should anger every single American.Our audit revealed a systemic breakdown among states to follow the law and issue licenses properly. States are failing to follow even the most basic procedures.We even uncovered widespread procedural errors, computer programming flaws, and a gross lack of oversight in the states that issue CDLs.This means that thousands of licenses that should never have been issued actually were issued. States are issuing licenses that extend months and even years beyond a driver’s lawful presence in the US!This is a direct incentive to stay in our country illegally beyond their authorized work permit. In some disturbing cases, they have failed to validate a driver’s lawful presence before handing them a commercial license.It’s deeply disturbing, but even worse, our second finding was that the current federal regulations are allowing dangerous, unqualified drivers on American roadways. This means that even when the rules are being followed, dangerous individuals who shouldn’t be near a big rig, are getting behind the wheel and causing crashes on our roadways.”Read more:Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy Releases Stunning Details Involving Nationwide Abuse In Issuing Commercial Drivers’ Licenses to Illegals – Issues a New Emergency Rule to Address Crisis (VIDEO)/*! This file is auto-generated */!function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i