NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – The New Mexico Motor Vehicle Department is tightening its rules for truck drivers. The department will pause commercial driver’s licenses and learner’s permits to foreign nationals who do not have a permanent residence in the United States. The pause comes after the feds restricted who is eligible for a non-domiciled commercial driver’s license.
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The change applies to both new licenses and renewals. MVD will still issue CDLs and permits to those who present a passport and a proper arrival document. “As of right now, the federal government is not requiring states to revoke what they have already issued. They want us to pause on the issuance of new ones,” said Cabinet Secretary Stephanie Schardin Clarke, New Mexico Taxation & Revenue Department
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The department said that right now, New Mexico has 204 active, non-domiciled commercial driver’s licenses and learner’s permits. Only 500 have been issued since 2023.
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