Investigation reveals migrants used hidden cameras to cheat on truck driving tests
FLORIDA, UNITED STATES: Amid a surge in truck accidents involving non-English-speaking migrants, Florida police uncovered a fraudulent scheme in which migrants used hidden cameras and earpieces to cheat on commercial driver’s license tests.
The scheme allowed them to pass the tests without understanding the questions or answers. Further investigations also revealed illegal sales of driver’s licenses by DMV employees in Florida and other states, raising serious concerns about how such drivers were legally operating on US highways.
How do non-English-speaking migrants obtain commercial driver's licenses?
Investigators in Florida have uncovered a scheme in which foreign-born migrants used hidden cameras and earpieces to cheat on their commercial driver’s license (CDL) tests.
Police said applicants smuggled in a camera connected to an earpiece, allowing someone outside the DMV to translate the questions and feed them the answers. This method enabled migrants to pass the test without understanding any of the questions or answers.
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Investigators believe the cheating operation was well-organized, had likely been running for some time, and may be occurring across the country. This isn’t the only way migrants, many of whom are in the US illegally, have been fraudulently obtaining driver’s licenses.
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In a separate investigation, several Florida DMV employees were caught selling licenses to migrants at a state facility in Bay County. Officials reported that the employees had sold more than 1,000 licenses to individuals who never took the required driving test. Florida isn’t alone in facing such schemes.
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In Kentucky, a whistleblowing DMV employee exposed a racket where colleagues sold licenses to undocumented migrants for $200 each. Investigators in Boston also uncovered a network of illegal license sales to people ineligible to drive in the US.
After losing son in truck crash, mom urges to act on ‘Connor’s Law’
Mellissa Dzion, a grieving mother who lost her son Connor in a tragic road accident involving a non-English-speaking truck driver, is advocating for a federal law to address the issue.
She hopes the loss of her son will inspire lawmakers to pass "Connor’s Law." The proposal, introduced in Congress, would make it illegal nationwide to drive a commercial vehicle without being able to read and speak English.
In another instance, in mid-August 2025, Harjinder Singh, an Indian national, was arrested after allegedly causing a fatal crash on a highway that killed three Americans.
Singh, who entered the US illegally in 2018, represents yet another tragic consequence of lax immigration policies championed by pro-migration lawmakers and advocacy groups. His case adds to a growing list of fatalities involving foreign drivers, many of whom obtained Commercial Driver's Licenses through relaxed regulations or corruption in states such as California and beyond.
Florida officials recently unveiled a new immigration enforcement program after another fatal accident underscored the risks posed by foreign CDL drivers.
As part of the program, truck weigh stations across the state will now serve as US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) checkpoints. Additionally, agricultural inspection stations will also be used for immigration checks.
Meanwhile, Florida State Police arrested several migrants who had used a cheating scheme to pass their CDL tests at a Jacksonville DMV.
One man arrested in April received an eight-month prison sentence for illegally obtaining a Florida CDL, while another was handed over to ICE for deportation. Three others complied with court-ordered measures, and their cases were dismissed.
