Sep 23

Shootout at US-Mexico border and the actors are making excuses

By PMC Border News, Headlines, ICE & CBP View Comments

Officers from Tijuana PD and Federal Police gather on Mexican side of the US-Mexico border after arresting a 17 yo juvenile who fled back into Mexico after the US Border Patrols murderous attempt to stop three vans of human smugglers

Officers from Tijuana PD and Federal Police gather on Mexican side of the US-Mexico border after arresting a 17 yo juvenile who fled back into Mexico after the US Border Patrols murderous attempt to stop three vans of human smugglers

Three Mexican men were arrested on federal human-trafficking charges on Wednesday, and 75 Mexicans were detained as illegal immigrants, after three vans in which they were riding tried to run through the border station at San Diego on Tuesday afternoon, federal immigration and San Diego police officials said.

CBP officers FIRED ACROSS NINE LANES OF TRAFFIC in an attempt to stop the vans at one of the United States busiest land crossing borders that sees and average of 40,000 vehicles a day

Two of the people in the van were injured, one critically and one with non life threatening injuries and were taken to area hospitals.
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Sep 17

Hoffa rejects responsiblity for job losses over Mexican truck dispute

By PMC Cross Border Program, NAFTA Comments Off

Teamsters President James Hoffa who seems to think that people still believe his lies about "unsafe Mexican trucks" despite overwhelming evidence to the contraryOn Tuesday, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce released a report that looked at the effect of three trade actions/inactions by the Administration are having and will have on American workers.

One of the three actions concerned the failure to implement NAFTA trucking provisions, which have been challenged for more than 15 years. Of course, Teamsters President James Hoffa has to chime in with his usual irrelevant opinion.
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Sep 05

The Future of NAFTA

By PMC Nafta Op Comments Off

Interesting interview with Former U.S. Ambassador to Mexico Jeffrey Davidow, American Enterprise Institute’s Phil Levy, and Independent Drivers Association Owner-Operator Rod Nofziger on the future of NAFTA and trade between the U.S., Canada, and Mexico.

It’s interesting to watch Nofziger’s vacant stare like a fish out of water against Davidow and Levy, two heavyweights who know what they are talking about.

Nofziger’s rant starts at about 4:02 into the video and it is nothing special. Simply repeating the same scripted lies which Ambassador Davidow easily debunks, as we have here, many times.

But, it is interesting to watch.


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Sep 04

OIG Report – Political aims keep a deal idling slowly

By PMC American Politics, Cross Border Program, FMCSA, Guest Bloggers, NAFTA, Trucking Opinions Comments Off

frio_expressThe federal government has prompted yet another delay in the implementation of a NAFTA provision that allows Mexican truckers to bring cargo from that country to U.S. markets.

Under the North American Free Trade Agreement, that provision should have gone into effect on Jan. 1, 1995 — more than 14½ years ago.

The U.S. Transportation Department’s inspector general on Wednesday issued a report stating that the department still needs more information to determine if Mexican trucks are safe enough to enter this country.

The report, prepared by department auditors, says that some states don’t adequately report the nationality of people convicted of traffic violations, and that some buses aren’t inspected sufficiently when they cross the border.

This despite a 2007 pilot program that allowed a limited number of Mexican trucks free access throughout the country. Most people didn’t even notice the program was in operation, suggesting there was no sudden rash of accidents due to their presence on U.S. roads.
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Sep 04

NAFB – “DOT Issues Report on Mexican Truck Safety”

By PMC Cross Border Program Comments Off
Every truck from Mexico that enters the US at Otay Mesa crosses these CHP Inspection scales and are subject to random or for cause inspection at any time

Every truck from Mexico that enters the US at Otay Mesa crosses these CHP Inspection scales and are subject to random or for cause inspection at any time

AMERICAN FARM BUREAU FEDERATION
A new report from the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Inspector General affirms that Mexican trucks are as safe as U.S. vehicles and Mexican truck drivers have better safety records than their U.S. counterparts. The report, a – Follow-Up Audit on the Implementation of the North American Free Trade Agreement’s Cross-Border Trucking Provisions — notes that in FY 2008, more than 220-thousand inspections were performed on Mexican trucks by DOT’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration.

During those inspections only 1.2 percent of Mexican drivers were placed out of service for a violation, as compared to nearly 7 percent of U.S. drivers who were inspected. About 21.2 percent of Mexican trucks – compared to 21.8 percent of U.S. trucks – were placed out of service for safety reasons or because they had violated some other regulation.

Steve Mulder, a spokesman for the Alliance to Keep U.S. Jobs, says the obstacles to resolving the debate over Mexican truck safety – have been removed. He adds, – the tariffs, which remain in place, were prompted by – pure politicking – in the United States, and the new DOT report – makes it clear that Mexico has lived up to the United States’ demands when it comes to truck safety.

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Sep 04

Teamster’s Prez Jimmy Hoffa responds to OIG Report with typical irrelevance

By PMC FMCSA Comments Off
James Hoffa whose "hot air" is suspected of being a prime cause of the mythical global warming

James Hoffa whose "hot air" is suspected of being a prime cause of the mythical global warming

James Hoffa came out of hiding today to respond to the OIG Final Report on FMCSA compliance with Section 350 of the Department of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2002 and as usual, his comments were totally irrelevant, and contrary to what the report suggests. This is the type of comments we’ve come to expect and ignore from Hoffa.

As expected, Hoffa’s initial response to the report was to declare that the “inspector general report shows once and for all that the border should remain closed to unsafe Mexican trucks.”

We don’t disagree with that sentiment. All unsafe trucks, Mexican, Canadian and American, should be banished from America’s highways.
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