“Whizzinator.” High Voltage Detox Shampoo. Synthetic urine. Monkey Whizz?!
Those are some of the methods a Somali resettlement NGO — Refugee and Immigrant Self-Empowerment (RISE) — is accused of promoting to help people pass drug tests, including Commercial Driver’s License tests tied to the U.S. Department of Transportation.
Recent footage from independent journalist Nick Shirley’s “blockbuster” investigation put the spotlight on CDL-related “hubs”— places where licensing, testing, and federally funded services collide.
This ecosystem can create real public-safety risks.
RISE is described as a federally funded migrant nonprofit that published guides on how CDL drivers can fake DOT drug tests. This comes as Trump’s Department of Transportation targets states like New York over allegedly illegally issued commercial licenses, amid deadly truck crashes.
Since 2019, RISE (formerly the “Somali Bantu Community Association”) has received nearly $5 million in federal funding, including:
• About $1 million from HHS for a migrant “education” program
• USDA-backed SyRAPP workforce and agriculture grants
• Additional New York State refugee and economic-development funds
On one webpage, RISE allegedly hosts detailed “how-to” content for defeating federally required drug tests.
The thread says the material covers:
• Synthetic urine devices
• Lab detection methods
• Temperature control
• DOT-specific “risk” strategies
RISE reportedly claims the guides are “educational.” Uh huh. Sure.
RISE openly describes “coaching” migrants on navigating DOT-, CDL-, and parole-related drug tests, including the use of drug test evasion items like wearable belts and “detox shampoo.”
DOT drug testing is a mandatory public-safety safeguard. These are commercial drivers operating vehicles weighing up to 80,000 pounds on public roads. The concern is straightforward: if the government funds RISE, the public bears the downstream risk—especially on highways.
Here are examples of just a few recent deadly crashes involving illegal immigrants who, in all likelihood, should never have been granted a CDL.
• Nov. 24, 2025: Rajinder Kumar, described as an illegal immigrant from India who entered the U.S. in 2022, later obtained work authorization and a California CDL, then was charged after jackknifing a semi on Highway 20 in Oregon — killing two newlyweds.
• October: A “criminal illegal alien” who held a CDL killed three people in California while driving a semi-truck.
• August: An undocumented immigrant licensed through California made an illegal U-turn on the Florida Turnpike, crushing a minivan and killing a family of three; investigators later cited severe English-proficiency failures.
Trump’s Department of Transportation is considering withholding federal highway funding from states accused of improperly issuing CDLs to illegal non-citizens, including $73M from New York and more than $30M from Minnesota.
Federal audits are cited as finding “widespread CDL noncompliance.”
Not surprisingly, RISE receives funding and support from some familiar, left-leaning philanthropic groups, including the Soros-backed Tides Foundation and Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors.
The same big money behind Riot Inc.
The Trump Admin must continue to arrest and deport drug-abusing migrants before the next CDL catastrophe strikes.
