The U.S. Department of Transportation is threatening to pull tens of millions of dollars in funding from New York — the latest state highlighted in the Trump administration's scrutiny for granting commercial driver's licenses to people in the country who lack legal status.

This follows other states like California, Pennsylvania and Minnesota that have been targeted for the same issue. All states are run by Democratic governors who have criticized President Donald Trump’s administration.

According to U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy, an audit of states found New York to be the worst offender when it comes to issuing unlawful CDLs to immigrants. According to Duffy, 53% of non-domiciled CDLs in New York state were issued illegally.

“When more than half of the licenses reviewed were

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