DPS sent at least 3,000 driver’s licenses to organized crime group targeting Asian Texans

Steve McCraw, Department of Public Safety Director, speaks at a press conference with Gov. Greg Abbott at Anzalduas Park in Mission on Oct. 6, 2021. (Credit: Eddie Gaspar/The Texas Tribune)

The Texas Department of Public Safety was duped into shipping at least 3,000 Texas driver’s licenses to a Chinese organized crime group that targeted Asian Texans, DPS Director Steve McCraw told a Texas House committee on Monday.

The organization was then selling the licenses, obtained using the personal information of Texas drivers, to people in the country illegally, McCraw said.