00:00The state of Indiana says that nearly 300 illegal migrants with commercial driver's licenses were
00:04stopped and prosecuted in the Hoosier State in just the past three months. According to a top
00:08aide of Governor Mike Braun, the 283 undocumented drivers were nabbed at truck weigh stations in
00:13the state. That's an average of three per day. Now, the aide didn't specify what laws had been
00:18broken to prompt these arrests in the first place. States like California and New York,
00:23where many of the drivers were licensed, do issue commercial driver's licenses regardless
00:27of citizenship status. While federal regulation requires commercial driver's license holders to
00:32be authorized to work in the U.S., a valid license that's issued by a state that doesn't require
00:38citizenship may not prohibit these illegal migrants from operating a vehicle. It's a little confusing.
00:44Now, for what it's worth, New York announced it did stop doing this back in February after the
00:48Trump administration tightened the rules. Moving forward in Indiana, it's unclear whether the
00:53undocumented drivers are being prosecuted on any state or federal charges or whether or not they've
00:58been handed over to immigration and customs enforcement. At least some of these cases are
01:02bound to be challenged in court. Like I said, the laws are confusing and can be contradictory.
01:07But Indiana's Republican governor says that he remains committed to traffic safety of all stripes,
01:12including a crackdown on illegal migrant drivers.
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