Well, isn’t this just the kind of bureaucratic lunacy we’ve come to expect in 2025? Kristi Noem — now Secretary of Homeland Security — finally put the brakes on a runaway train of progressive nonsense by calling out sanctuary states, with California front and center, for greenlighting illegal immigrants to operate 18-wheelers like they’re bumper cars. And yes, we’re talking about people who are being handed driver’s licenses — some of which literally say “no name given” — and then allowed to level up to a commercial driver’s license. Because what could possibly go wrong there?
Noem zeroed in on the tragic crash that happened on October 21 in Southern California — three people dead, families shattered — and had the audacity (how dare she!) to suggest that maybe, just maybe, letting people with no verifiable identity and no legal status operate a multi-ton commercial vehicle isn’t exactly a bright idea. You don’t need to be a traffic engineer or a policy wonk to figure this one out, folks.
According to Noem, some of these so-called licenses are being issued with literally no name provided. That’s not satire — that’s an actual quote: “no name given.” And that piece of laminated nonsense is then used to apply for a CDL. You know, the thing you need to drive a big rig. A vehicle that, in the wrong hands, can do the kind of damage you usually only see in an action movie or a war zone.
Naturally, Governor Gavin Newsom jumped into his usual posture — finger pointed firmly in the direction of the federal government. Classic. Not his fault. Can’t possibly be his policies. Even though California has been setting the gold standard for sanctuary insanity for years now, he insists the state is following all the rules. Sure, Gavin. Sure.
Let’s pause for a moment here. If a state is issuing documents to people with no identity, enabling them to operate massive, dangerous machinery, and then pretending it’s all above board because the feds haven’t explicitly forbidden it, we might have a little problem with, I don’t know, common sense. The whole idea behind commercial licensing is accountability, skill verification, safety standards — not participation trophies for crossing the border.
Noem didn’t stop there. She got right to the heart of the issue: these individuals often don’t know how to operate the trucks, can’t read road signs, and can’t understand basic traffic laws. If you think that’s hyperbole, think again. Immigration enforcement operations in places like Illinois have already arrested over 140 illegal immigrant truck drivers. That’s not a warning. That’s a red flashing siren.
And somehow we’re supposed to believe this is compassionate policy? What happened to protecting legal immigrants, legal workers, and, you know, the American citizens who are on the road every day? Because last I checked, it wasn’t ICE agents getting run off the freeway — it’s families.
This isn’t just about immigration anymore. It’s about trust in institutions. If states like California are actively undermining federal law, skirting accountability, and issuing licenses to individuals with “no name,” then we’re not talking about policy anymore — we’re talking about negligence.
So yes, Noem’s comments were blunt, but they were necessary. Because if we keep allowing this blind allegiance to woke sanctuary policies to dictate life-and-death decisions on our highways, we’re going to see more headlines like the one from October 21 — and more grieving families who didn’t sign up to be collateral damage in some political experiment gone off the rails.
