Mexican Trucks to Travel Deeper into U.S. Roads; Safety Advocates Say Move Endangers Motorists

February 26, 2007

  • February 26, 2007 at 1:46 am
    PAS says:
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    Oh boy, so it starts. This is the government\’s first step to creating the reason to build the super highway. This NAFTA highway will go through the center of the nation between Mexico, through the US and into Canada. They say they aren\’t working on it but with this first step it will give them reason to build this highway. This will result in many American\’s being thrown out of their homes and land (under eminent domain) and to ultimately create the North American version of Europe! No borders and no more sovereignty for the United States!

  • February 26, 2007 at 1:52 am
    Realist says:
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    Sadly, George Bush backs it too.

  • February 26, 2007 at 2:00 am
    PAS says:
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    I know. It is amazing that he would work so hard at fighting the terrorists but let them just walk through our borders, now this. . . I don\’t get it. Apparently his whole cabinet has knowledge of it and many are working towards this goal.

  • February 26, 2007 at 2:05 am
    Gring0 says:
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    This past March, President Bush met in Cancun, Mexico, with Mexican President Vicente Fox and Canada\’s newly elected Prime Minister Stephen Harper (shown above) to discuss the year-old SPP, which was formally inaugurated a year ago in a similar trinational summit in Waco, Texas.

    To judge from the official rhetoric emanating from various governmental sources, the SPP is a collection of harmless or even commendable multilateral initiatives. A March 23 White House press release observed: \”The SPP will complement, rather than replace, existing bilateral and trilateral fora and working groups that are performing well.\”

    The \”working groups\” casually referred to in that statement were created at the March 2005 Waco summit to create common policies for the United States, Canada, and Mexico in various economic and security areas. Those groups are already laying the foundation for a European Union-style integration of the SPP member nations.

    Though the leaders gathered at Cancun spoke in measured terms in describing this process, President Fox came close to giving away the game. His remarks underscored the demand for a new U.S. law ensuring \”safe and respectful migration, respecting the rights of people.\”

    Migration, unlike immigration, is the unhindered movement of whole peoples within national borders. Similar movement across a national border is either immigration, or emigration.

    Significantly, President Bush, too, said that the talks in Cancun often centered on \”migration,\” tacitly endorsing the same subversive assumption that the border between the U.S. and Mexico is as inconsequential as that dividing Utah from Nevada.

    So what do you think the upshot of this will be: Mexico will become more like the US or vice versa?

  • February 26, 2007 at 3:00 am
    Tom says:
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    What part of the word \”illegal\” is so difficult to understand?

    As long as the corrupt ruling elite of Mexico can alleviate social and economic pressure by shunting unemployed, uneducated or malcontent Mexican citizens to the U.S., they will have absolutely no incentive to act in the best interests of their own citizens or allow any democratic process to evolve.

    Also, when are the Democrats going to wake up? Who did organized labor vote for last election?

  • February 26, 2007 at 4:43 am
    tequila says:
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    From the George Lopez special on HBO on Friday (speaking of US government issues with Mexico)…

    FEMA – Find Every Mexican Available

    so true, here…

  • February 26, 2007 at 4:44 am
    Little Frog says:
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    How come I never hear about the insurance required for those trucks on our roads when they cause an accident? Are they required to buy it from U.S. carriers or will the victems have to file suit in Mexico? What are the penalties for non-compliance?

  • February 26, 2007 at 5:00 am
    poster says:
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    Mexicans driving to US must buy policies that are valid in the US in order to cross. US citizens crossing to Mexcico must likewise buy insurance that is valid in Mexico. Can\’t cross without it.

  • February 26, 2007 at 5:03 am
    Plymn says:
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    I\’m thrilled beyond belief. One thought is it will encourage job creation in Mexico to decrease the illegal immigration into the US. I\’m not holding my breath for that to happen.

    The report I heard on the news stated that Mexican truckers will have to purchase insurance from US carriers.

  • February 26, 2007 at 5:23 am
    Omnisure says:
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    If Vincente Fox, or whoever is the leader of Mexico is corupt and disconcerned with the econimic plight of Mexico\’s masses for allowing unrestricted migration to the USA which releaves Mexico financially and allows the Mexican ELITE to keep more of their, not so hard earned money, why are Pres Bush and other US leaders any different. They don\’t care about the labor class in America, now the higher paid, professional trucker is doomed to work for minimum wage or be put out of business.

    Our country could care less about our labor class eg: Factories moved from USA to other countries, unmittigated migration of cheap labor into USA, demise of unions that CREATED a middle class.

    WELL, at least the real ELITEs have to pay some degree of taxes in the USA to keep the masses fed and support the WELL FARE STATE that they are allowing to occur to our once proud, hardworking country.



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