Posted on 08/31/2007 6:32:37 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
SAN FRANCISCO - The Bush administration can go ahead with a pilot program to allow as many as 100 Mexican trucking companies to freely haul their cargo anywhere within the U.S. for the next year, a federal appeals court ruled Friday.
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals denied a request made by the Teamsters union, the Sierra Club and the nonprofit Public Citizen to halt the program.
The appeals court ruled the groups have not satisfied the legal requirements to immediately stop what the government is calling a "demonstration project," but can continue to argue their case.
The trucking program is scheduled to begin Thursday.
In court papers filed earlier this week, the Teamsters and Sierra Club argued there won't be enough oversight of the drivers coming into the U.S. from Mexico.
They also argued that public safety would be endangered in a hasty attempt by the government to comply with parts of the North American Free Trade Agreement.
The trade agreement requires that all roads in the United States, Mexico and Canada to be opened to carriers from all three countries.
Canadian trucking companies have full access to U.S. roads, but Mexican trucks can only travel about 20 miles inside the country at certain border crossings such as ones in San Diego and El Paso, Texas.
Thanks you George our first Mexican President.
With President Bush at the helm, they do not need all three branches of government. Unless I am missing something, I am finished with Bush. If you are a true patriot, can it be any other way?
You’re right. And I’d be willing to bet (though of course you know I’m not betting man) that the trucks will be decaled by door, and people will know which haulers are which.
Dang bell, ringing again.
Damn, guess I’m nothing but a racist, bigoted, homophobic, know-nothing, unappeasable, mouth-breathing, anti-American, 2 percenter fringe conservative with neo-nazi leanings (and your mother wears army boots). lmao!!!
I hope no-one ends up posting which colors goes for which airline (service/supply). One’s blue and the other is red, but I don’t quite remember which is which. They run along the bottom rail. (snort)
You ever seen the effects from a “full unzip” to a dry van? Aint perrrty at all!
Regarding the coming election...Can someone speed it the hell up please (lol)
>>”What might that cargo consist of ???”
1. Other Mexicans.
2. Terrorists.
3. Bombs belonging to the terrorists.<<
How many tons of meth and cocaine would a trailer hold?
1Counter...I concur with your sentiments...only one major problem my Freeper Friend, the highways and byways of America are already serviced by Mexican Mechanics be it tires, brakes, Diesel Engines, whatever. They have their little pickup trucks with the compressors, lube pumps, tools running all over the place already. It won’t be the major Service Centers these slipshod Mexican trucks will be calling for help. It won’t be the same services that major American trucking companies use. The Mexican system is already in place, and has been for many years.
Most unfortunate.
I don’t mind them driving in the US,...provided they all drive ten times up and down the Eisenhower Grade prior to embarking elsewhere in the US. ;^)
Yep. We are being betrayed by our leaders right before our eyes. They don’t even care if we know anymore.
Now there’s a shocker.
Let’s see, if you can fit 20 in a two bedroom apartment, how many will a semi hold?
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