California uploads 1.1 million undocumented immigrant license records to federal database to recover withheld highway funds

California's legislature agreed to integrate state driver's license records into the National Driver Register, a federal highway safety database, after the U.S. withheld $160 million in funding over licensing compliance failures. The move creates direct conflict with SB 54, California's sanctuary law designed to shield driver data from federal immigration enforcement. Once records enter federal systems, state data-protection policies no longer apply. Civil liberties groups are expected to challenge the agreement.