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The Transportation Department is making major changes to eligibility requirements for non-domiciled commercial learner’s permits (CLPs) and commercial driver’s licenses (CDLs). This comes amid an ongoing audit carried out by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA).

Under the new rules, non-citizens will not be able to get a non-domiciled CDL unless they meet a stricter set of requirements, which include an employment-based visa. The department is also instituting “a mandatory federal immigration status check using the SAVE system.”

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy announced the move on Friday and said that what his department uncovered in its investigation of licensing practices “should disturb and anger every American.”

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