California CDL crackdown leaves immigrant truckers in limbo as deadlines shift

FRESNO — In the corner of Sammy Gill’s sprawling Fresno truck yard, among other gargantuan rigs with 20-plus-inch rims, a bright red 2022 Mack Anthem sits idle. The truck hasn’t moved since mid-November — not because it’s broken down, but because its owner, an immigrant driver, had his commercial driver’s license canceled under a state crackdown whose timing — and reach — remains unsettled.

“Beautiful truck,” said Gill, who co-owns Gill Freightways Solutions Inc., a trucking company that hauls refrigerated trailers, or reefers.