Overview

• Attorney General James Uthmeier submitted a 30-page complaint seeking the Supreme Court’s permission to bring a direct lawsuit against California and Washington over their licensing and sanctuary policies.
• Florida asks for declaratory judgments preempting laws that bar immigration‑status checks for commercial license applicants, a permanent halt to issuing CDLs to noncitizens, and payment of Florida’s legal fees.
• The petition stems from an Aug. 12 St. Lucie County crash that killed three people; the accused driver, Harjinder Singh, held California and Washington CDLs and reportedly had failed an English proficiency test in India.
• Hours before the filing, the U.S. Department of Transportation said the FMCSA will withhold more than $40 million from California for failing to meet English‑proficiency standards for commercial drivers.
• U.S. marshals arrested Singh in the San Francisco Bay Area for extradition to Florida, and state officials have subpoenaed his employer as federal authorities temporarily froze visas for foreign‑born truck drivers.