RNC falsely says 54% of NC’s commercial driver licenses were issued illegally to noncitizens – PolitiFact

The Republican National Committee based its numbers on a sampling — not a full accounting — of commercial driver’s licenses issued in North Carolina. 

The North Carolina DMV says 8,540, or about 2.6% of its 325,114 active CDLs, were issued to noncitizens. 

Of the 8,540 CDLs issued to noncitizens, 1,149 were issued incorrectly, but not to immigrants in the U.S. illegally...

https://politifact.com/factchecks/2026/sep/24/republican-national-committee-republican/rnc-falsely-says-54-of-ncs-commercial-driver-licenses-were-issued-illegally-to-noncitizens/