Last week, the Tennessee Department of Safety & Homeland Security (DSHS) announced that over 8,000 Tennessee truckers will be required to verify U.S. citizenship or lawful presence in the country or face a downgrade to their license status to ensure compliance with federal requirements under President Trump.
According to DSHS, approximately 8,800 of the 15,000 Commercial Driver License (CDL) holders in the state will receive notice by mail requesting citizenship or lawful presence documentation that was not required when their licenses were originally issued.
These updated requirements are intended to ensure the state is in full compliance with a Trump Executive Order which mandated federal rule changes to require all CDL records to include proof of citizenship or lawful presence.
