A tractor trailer on the US-Mexico border in August. Carlos Moreno/Bloomberg/Getty Images AP —

California plans to revoke 17,000 commercial driver’s licenses given to immigrants after discovering the expiration dates went past when the drivers were legally allowed to be in the US, state officials said Wednesday.

The announcement follows harsh criticism from the Trump administration about California and other states granting licenses to people in the country illegally. The issue was thrust into the public’s consciousness in August, when a tractor-trailer driver not authorized to be in the US made an illegal U-turn and caused a crash in Florid a that killed three people.

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said Wednesday that California’s action to revoke these licenses is an

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