The Circus is back in town – Comments open on new Cross Border Trucking Program

May 082009
 
 08/05/2009  Posted by PMC at 09:58 on 08/05/2009 Comments Off
The Circus is back in town - Comments open on new Cross Border Trucking Program

From E-Trucker The Motor Carrier Safety Advisory Committee is having two public sessions to discuss guidance for implementing a new cross-border trucking program between the United States and Mexico. President Obama has asked the Department of Transportation to work with the U.S. Trade Representative, the Department of State, Congressional and Mexican officials to propose legislation creating a new trucking project that will meet Congressional concerns and North American Free Trade Agreement commitments. FMCSA has invited all interested parties to participate, such as motor carriers and drivers. The meeting will be held by conference call. To participate, contact Shannon Watson at ….Read More

Jose Compean Resentenced in Federal Court in El Paso

Nov 122008
 
 12/11/2008  Posted by PMC at 19:14 on 12/11/2008 Comments Off
Jose Compean Resentenced in Federal Court in El Paso

A US District Judge today resentenced Former Border Patrol Agent Jose Alonso Compean to 10 years for his conviction of using a weapon in the commission of a felony, plus two years for assault and other charges. Compean and former agent Ignacio Ramos were convicted in 2006 of shooting admitted drug smuggler Osvaldo Aldrete Davila and trying to cover it up. The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals threw out some convictions against Ramos and Compean earlier this year, prompting Wednesday’s resentencing, but the court upheld the majority of the case. Ramos is due to be resentenced Thursday. Compean’s lawyers ….Read More

Sherman Texas Bus Crash – Angel Tours Bus should not have been in operation

Aug 092008
 
 09/08/2008  Posted by PMC at 15:18 on 09/08/2008 1 Response »
Sherman Texas Bus Crash - Angel Tours Bus should not have been in operation

The violations discovered in the bus belonging to Angel Tours that crashed in Sherman Texas Friday morning points to the stupidty and ignorance of a small percentage of people obsessed with ending the Cross Border Pilot Program, which has operated safely for the past 11 months, while ignoring American common carriers who flaunt and ignore the laws and rules thinking it does not apply to them, the bus crash Friday in Sherman Texas that claimed 16 lives is a prime example. The owner of Angel Tours, 59-year-old Angel de la Torre, should be arrested and detained WITHOUT BAIL and charged ….Read More

[JUSTICE AFFIRMED] 5th Circuit Court Upholds conviction on Ramos and Compean

Jul 282008
 
 28/07/2008  Posted by PMC at 15:04 on 28/07/2008 Comments Off
[JUSTICE AFFIRMED] 5th Circuit Court Upholds conviction on Ramos and Compean

The circuit court said today that “the trial of the case was conducted fairly and without reversible error.” It affirmed the men’s convictions on five counts each, including counts of discharge of a firearm in commission of a crime of violence, which the court said carries a minimum term of

Thank you Americans For Legal Immigration (ALIPAC) for supporting those you seek to oppress!

Jul 262008
 
 26/07/2008  Posted by PMC at 15:14 on 26/07/2008 14 Responses »
Thank you Americans For Legal Immigration (ALIPAC) for supporting those you seek to oppress!

How ironic is it that one of the anti immigrant groups, Americans for Legal Immigration, whose agenda, despite their seemingly innocent name, is to force upon the American public their protectionist, racist and nativist agenda, have allegedly been doing the very thing, they wrongly accuse illegal immigrants of doing, EVADING TAXES! And the trolls that ALIPAC sends forth to spew their hatred around the internet are strangely silent on the subject. Indeed, their website doesn’t mention anything about the situation. How strange! We can thank a member of Hispanic Business Forums for bringing this alleged malfeasance to light.

FDA destroying business on both sides of border

Jul 142008
 
 14/07/2008  Posted by PMC at 17:23 on 14/07/2008 Comments Off
FDA destroying business on both sides of border

And no closer to a cause for the Salmonella SaintPaul outbreak McALLEN — The Food and Drug Administration’s attempt to target a source for the nationwide salmonella outbreak has effectively shut down Texas border tomato traffic — and that of cilantro, jalapeños, other peppers and other produce — even as tainted ones have yet to be found in Mexico. Industry losses, estimated at $250 million for the initially implicated tomatoes alone, are mounting as the FDA widens its probe. The standstill at the border is spreading through a distribution chain that reaches from the fields of Coahuila, Mexico, to wholesale ….Read More

He ain’t whistling Dixie no more! Senator Jesse Helms (R NC) dead at 86

Jul 042008
 
 04/07/2008  Posted by PMC at 12:04 on 04/07/2008 Comments Off
He ain't whistling Dixie no more! Senator Jesse Helms (R NC) dead at 86

How appropriate is it that on July 4, 2008 we are freed from the hateful thoughts and rhetoric of this vile excuse for a human being. Former Sen. Jesse Helms, who built a career along the fault lines of racial politics and battled liberals, Communists and the occasional fellow Republican during 30 conservative years in Congress, died on the Fourth of July. He was 86. Helms died at 1:15 a.m., said the Jesse Helms Center at Wingate University in North Carolina. The center’s president, John Dodd, said in a statement that funeral arrangements were pending. This is the man that ….Read More

Texas to revoke truckers CDL for smuggling violationsb

Jun 202008
 
 20/06/2008  Posted by PMC at 06:37 on 20/06/2008 4 Responses »
Texas to revoke truckers CDL for smuggling violationsb

AUSTIN — Truckers who smuggle drugs or people into the U.S. are now risking not only prison time but also the loss of their commercial driver’s licenses as Texas uses a longstanding law in a new border crime crackdown. “Up until today, when those lawbreakers had their trucks apprehended, they were convicted in federal court, they typically paid a small fine or served a brief sentence, then it was back to business as usual. Well, starting today, that all changes,” Gov. “Slick” Rick Perry said Thursday at the Texas Capitol with U.S. Border Patrol sector chiefs. “If you are a ….Read More

Go south for cheap gas?

Jun 192008
 
 19/06/2008  Posted by PMC at 19:05 on 19/06/2008 2 Responses »
Go south for cheap gas?

There has been much talk lately in the news and on the radio and TV shows about Americans heading to Mexico to partake of the cheaper fuels available there. This quote from The Sanctuary gave me a chuckle and went on to explain why the fuels are so much cheaper in Mexico. As nativists continue to falsely claim that “illegal aliens are stealing from U.S. taxpayers”, it looks as if U.S. citizens have found a way to steal from Mexican taxpayers. Here in Mexico, gasoline is about a dollar cheaper per gallon than in the US because the Mexican government ….Read More

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