MEXICAN TRUCK ALERT: Mexico truck agreement may be signed this month, Mexican official says

MEXICAN TRUCK ALERT: Mexico truck agreement may be signed this month, Mexican official says...Mexican President Calderon and Obama announced an end to the truck ban was near after a meeting in March...Mexico will remove 50 percent of the tariffs once the agreement is signed, and remove the remaining amount once the U.S. grants authorization for Mexican trucks to operate across the border...DID OUR CONGRESS VOTE ON THIS???? THIS MUST BE STOPPED....MEXICAN TRUCKS WILL BE ALL OVER OUR COUNTRY.....

http://www.thetrucker.com/News/Stories/2011/6/14/MexicotruckagreementmaybesignedthismonthMexicanofficialsays.aspx

470 Marijuana-Filled Bundles Found Inside Tractor-Trailer from MX

470 Marijuana-Filled Bundles Found Inside Tractor-Trailer from MX.. More than 470 marijuana-filled bundles were discovered inside a tractor-trailer in the commercial cargo facility at the Bridge of the Americas, officials said...U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers made the bust on Saturday when a drug-sniffing dog alerted officials to the drugs, said CBP officials. The seizure collected 531 pounds of marijuana. CBP officers said they arrested the driver, 39-year-old Sergio Hernandez Rascon, of Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. He was turned over to ICE-HSI special agents after the case was accepted for federal prosecution. He was booked into the El Paso County Jail and is currently being held without bond.

http://www.kfoxtv.com/news/28148106/detail.html

NAFTA: Mexican truckers to drive cargo into US interior

NAFTA: Mexican truckers to drive cargo into US interior...The North American Free Trade Agreement, or NAFTA, included a provision that the U.S. and Mexico would allow each other's trucks to haul cargo across the border for delivery anywhere inside the other country. To comply with NAFTA, the Obama administration in April proposed a three-year pilot program with requirements for Mexican truckers that include a preliminary safety audit, purchase of U.S. insurance, English proficiency for drivers, truck inspections for every border crossing for at least the first three months, an 18-month probation period and a three-month renewal period for safety inspections after permanent authority is granted.

http://www.elpasotimes.com/news/ci_18164307

Mexican Trucks: Hoffa: Public opposes 'illegal, unsafe' Mexico truck program

Mexican Trucks: Hoffa: Public opposes 'illegal, unsafe' Mexico truck program... Teamsters General President Jim Hoffa says the U.S. DOT should listen to the American public and not open the border to Mexican trucks because of concerns about job loss, border security, highway safety and the legality of the program itself.
Teamsters and other Americans submitted more than a thousand comments OPPOSING the DOT plan to open the border during the 30-day comment period in the Federal Register, which ended Friday. The Teamsters for two years have urged the administration to bring a challenge against Mexico for imposing excessive tariffs on U.S. goods instead of agreeing to open the border to unsafe trucks.

http://www.thetrucker.com/News/Stories/2011/5/18/HoffaPublicopposesillegalunsafeMexicotruckprogram.aspx

No Mexican Trucks on U.S. Highways, Lawmakers Tell DOT

No Mexican Trucks on U.S. Highways, Lawmakers Tell DOT...In a recent letter to U.S. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood, a bipartisan group of 44 lawmakers urged the Obama administration not to reinstate a cross-border program involving Mexican trucks. The lawmakers cited cost, safety and security concerns as reasons for not reviving the U.S. Department of Transportation’s proposed program. Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-Calif.) and Rep. Daniel Lipinski (D-Ill.) are leading the bi-partisan effort, which includes 13 Republicans and 31 Democrats..truckers on both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border are permitted to travel only within a 20- to 25-mile radius of a trade port.

http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/no-mexican-trucks-us-highways-lawmakers

TX: U.S. expands truck crossing on Mexico border

TX: U.S. expands truck crossing on Mexico border...The ports of entry straddles a valuable trafficking corridor for Mexican drug cartels that smuggle cocaine, heroin and marijuana into south Texas from Mexico's Tamaulipas state. Garza said additional technology and inspection lanes at the crossing would help curb smuggling and "increase security on both sides of the border."

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/42933064/ns/us_news

Dump Mexican trucking proposal say Lawmakers

Dump Mexican trucking proposal say Lawmakers...A group of 44 lawmakers (bi-partisan) delivered a signed letter to U.S. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood yesterday demanding that the Obama Administration abandon plans to restart a controversial cross-border trucking program for Mexican motor carriers. (THANK GOD this is being addressed)

http://fleetowner.com/management/news/dump-mexican-trucking-proposal-0505/

Obama and Mexican Trucks

Obama and Mexican Trucks..Don't let anybody get by with saying that NAFTA requires us to admit Mexican trucks because it's a treaty. It isn't; NAFTA never complied with the treaty provision in the U.S. Constitution and is merely a law passed by Congress that can be changed or overturned..Tell your Member of Congress to take action to cancel Obama's truck deal with the Mexican president. Solo deals like this one cannot be tolerated under constitutional government.

http://www.borderfirereport.net/phyllis-schlafly/obama-and-mexican-trucks.php

Taxpayers stuck with costs of upgrading junk Mexican trucks

Taxpayers stuck with costs of upgrading junk Mexican trucks...Not only will the cross-border trucking program with Mexico result in the loss of American jobs, as it turns out, it could wind up costing American taxpayers hundreds of thousands, if not millions of dollars. -- Since the U.S. government can't legally force Mexican trucks entering the U.S. to comply with federal emissions regulations (NO MEXICAN TRUCKS IN THE U.S...PROBLEM SOLVED)

http://economyincrisis.org/content/us-taxpayers-footing-bill-upgrade-mexican-trucks

Dem Congressman Objects to Obama Allowing Mexican Trucks to Operate on U.S. Highways

Dem Congressman Objects to Obama Allowing Mexican Trucks to Operate on U.S. Highways..Rep. DeFazio: Obama shouldn’t give Mexican trucks full access to U.S. roads..I believe the administration is not launching a pilot program, but rather starting the full liberalization of cross-border trucking, without having fully addressed the concerns raised by members of Congress surrounding safety, security and job impacts that will necessarily arise

http://thehill.com/blogs/transportation-report/shipping-and-cargo/156427-rep-defazio-no-need-for-another-nafta-trucking-pilot-program

Mexican Trucks: Teamsters: will vigorously oppose border truck plan

Mexican Trucks: Teamsters: will vigorously oppose border truck plan..Teamsters General President Jim Hoffa said recently that union members will “vigorously oppose a dangerous plan to open the border to Mexico, a country ravaged by a drug war.”
there is “vast public support to keep the border closed,” noting that Congress had voted two years ago last month to yank funding for the previous cross-border trucking program....The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) recently outlined its proposal to open the border to Mexican trucks and just started its 30-day comment period. move “shows reckless disregard for American jobs and for public safety as well as for the stewardship of U.S. tax dollars.

http://www.thetrucker.com/News/Stories/2011/4/14/Teamsterswillvigorouslyopposebordertruckplan.aspx

Obama and Mexican Trucks

Obama and Mexican Trucks...Solo deals like this one cannot be tolerated under constitutional government.Barack Obama’s deal with the president of Mexico to allow Mexican trucks to carry their loads onto U.S. highways and roads is new evidence of his high-handed solo behavior that has become Standard Operating Procedure in the Administration. Here are ten reasons why Obama’s plan is dangerous and must be stopped by Congress and public protest.

http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/35548

FMCSA opens comment period for Mexico truck proposal

FMCSA opens comment period for Mexico truck proposal...accept public comments on its proposal for the initiation of a United States-Mexico cross-border long-haul trucking pilot program to test and demonstrate the ability of Mexico-based motor carriers to operate safely in the U.S. beyond the municipalities and commercial zones along the U.S.-Mexico border. (SHOULDN'T THIS GO BEFORE CONGRESS???)

http://www.thetrucker.com/News/Stories/2011/4/13/FMCSAopenscommentperiodforMexicotruckproposal.aspx

Obama and his Mexican trucks (STOP THE MADNESS)

Obama and his Mexican trucks (STOP THE MADNESS)...Obama's deal with the Calderon, president of Mexico to allow Mexican trucks to carry their loads onto U.S. highways and roads is new evidence of his high-handed solo behavior that has become Standard Operating Procedure in the administration. Here are 10 reasons why Obama's plan is dangerous and MUST BE STOPPED by Congress and public protest...

http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=286033

Nogales, AZ/MX: U.S. funds, Arizona effort help Mexico trucks pollute less

Nogales, AZ/MX: U.S. funds, Arizona effort help Mexico trucks pollute less...Arizona Department of Environmental Quality tried a different approach, offering to pay Mexican truck owners to replace old mufflers with new catalytic converters that will reduce harmful diesel emissions by up to 30 percent..The process takes two or three hours to complete at a cost per truck of about $1,600.entire cost - parts and labor - is paid by the EPA grant through ADEQ

http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/2011/04/11/20110411arizona-mexico-truck-pollution-regulation.html

Mexican Trucks - DOT Announces Cross-Border Trucking Provisions

DOT Announces Cross-Border Trucking Provisions...The U.S. Department of Transportation released preliminary details today on a program that would again open up U.S. roadways to Mexican truckers..Our government needs to stop placating Mexico’s government and start fighting for the Americans they are supposed to represent!

http://www.texastribune.org/texas-mexico-border-news/texas-mexico-border/dot-outlines-cross-border-trucking-provisions/

Rep Hunter's letter opposing Mexican trucks

Rep Hunter's letter opposing Mexican trucks.Please tell your Congressman to sign this letter! Oppose the Cross Border Trucking Proposal

http://www.alipac.us/ftopict-233507.html

MEXICAN TRUCKS: Bersin confident cross-border trucking will be secure.

MEXICAN TRUCKS: Bersin confident cross-border trucking will be secure. “The president agreed there would be a program whereby in a very certified way, in a very careful and deliberate way, Mexican long-haul trucks would be able to travel with their cargo across the border and on into the states. “It’s a big breakthrough for NAFTA, for North American competitiveness, for support of the Mexican economy and the US economy,” (DOESN'T THIS HAVE TO GO BEFORE CONGRESS???)

http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2011/mar/30/bersin-confident-cross-border-trucking-will-be-sec/

Mexican Truck Program

Mexican Trucks: Sen. Pryor (D-Ark) writes DOT Chief LaHood, objects to Mexico truck program... voiced opposition to the Dept of Transportation’s (DOT) proposal to initiate a new Mexican truck program, especially government subsidy of electronic on-board recorders (EOBRs) for Mexican truckers and the potential for corruption of inspectors.

http://www.thetrucker.com/News/Stories/2011/3/18/SenPryorwritesDOTChiefLaHoodobjectstoMexicotruckprogram.aspx