California state officials say they plan 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 U.S.

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 U.S., state officials said Wednesday.

  • UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 days ago

    What should be happening here is reissuance of corrected documents with the proper expiration date, because California fucked it up in the first place.

    California politicians love incarceration far more than functional bureaucracy.

    What should not be happening is punishing people who have followed the law.

    There’s too much money to be made press ganging convicts. But don’t worry. Once we’ve got everyone fitted with an ankle bracelet and earning $.15/hr, we’ll get them all back out on the road again. Same as we’ve done with California fire fighters and road workers.

    The financial ramifications of ending prison slavery have been a major hurdle to its abolition. In California, an estimate from 2022 suggests that ending the practice would cost the state $150 billion annually.