WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Transportation said Wednesday that 17,000 commercial truck driver’s licenses issued to foreigners in California will be revoked.

In a statement, the agency said it has issued notices to the drivers who hold so-called non-domiciled CDLs, saying the licenses do not meet federal requirements and will expire in 60 days.

“This is just the tip of the iceberg,” Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said in a statement. “My team will continue to force California to prove they have removed every illegal immigrant from behind the wheel of semitrucks and school buses.”

The California Department of Motor Vehicles did not immediately respond to a request for comment about the license revocations.

Responding to the DOT announcement, California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s pr

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