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It’s Springtime and Agents see surge in human smuggling
2008-03-30 23:58:00 Though springtime typically sees a spike in illegal border crossings, activity has been heavier than usual in Laredo, immigration officials said. In the past two months, agents have thwarted several attempts to smuggle people in large tractor-trailers, charging 41 people — American truck drivers and others — with smuggling. They detained 376 undocumented immigrants from Mexico and Central America, each of whom paid $500 to $3,000 for the trip. The discoveries were made by Border Patrol agents working at inland checkpoint stations, such as the one on Interstate 35 north of Laredo. The agents turned the American truck drivers over to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, which works with the U.S. attorney’s office to prosecute them. More About: Agents , Human , Springtime , Surge , Smuggling
The Great ?American? Truckers shutdown 2008
2008-03-28 05:39:00 Having lived through the ones in the 70’s and 80’s, the last one in 1984, I believe, still hanging around the back of my mind, the whole idea of any type of job action is the ultimate in stupidity. Anyone remember the “kowboys” blocking the entrance to the truck stops, such as the old Union 76 ... More About: Great , American , Truckers , 2008 , Shutdown
The Great “American” Truckers shutdown 2008
2008-03-28 05:39:00 Having lived through the ones in the 70’s and 80’s, the last one in 1984, I believe, still hanging around the back of my mind, the whole idea of any type of job action is the ultimate in stupidity. Anyone remember the “kowboys” blocking the entrance to the truck stops, such as the old Union 76 in Ontario California, and threatening drivers unless they gave their assurances they were coming in to park and join the “strike”? I sure do! Remember hauling the freight with a sign on the back of your trailer saying “On Strike! Going Home”? I remember that too. Been there and done it! Anyone remember the shots fired at the big trucks, the 5th wheels pulled, the driver that was killed in Smith’s Grove NC by a brick thrown from an overpass by someone not remotely associated with the trucking industry? Fresh in my mind! Are we ready for more of the same? We’ve had idiots calling the overnight talk shows making those threats all week, ... More About: Great , Truckers , 2008 , Shutdown
Secretary Peter’s promoting Cross Border program in Denver visit
2008-03-28 03:18:00 Even as U.S. Democratic presidential candidates on the campaign trail reopen debate about the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), debate between U.S. officials call into question the future of a U.S.-Mexican cross-border trucking program. Six months into a one-year trial, detractors in U.S. Congress seek to dismantle the program. However, the U.S. Department of Transportation found that—halfway through the pilot—the program met all 22 safety mandates set out by Congress. Nearly a decade and a half ago, the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) required the United States to open its borders and all of its states to Mexican trucks by 2000. But protests by union leaders and safety groups raised concerns about a lack of oversight in terms of cargo inspections and background checks of Mexican truckers, hindering implementation of the trucking agreement. Initiated in September 2007, the pilot project sought to provide an entry point to meet provisions. In December 2007,... More About: Promoting , Cross , Denver , Program , Visit
Secretary Peter?s promoting Cross Border program in Denver visit
2008-03-28 03:18:00 Even as U.S. Democratic presidential candidates on the campaign trail reopen debate about the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), debate between U.S. officials call into question the future of a U.S.-Mexican cross-border trucking program. Six months into a one-year trial, detractors in U.S. Congress seek to dismantle the program. However, the U.S. Department of ... More About: Promoting , Cross , Denver , Program , Visit
[Updated] Laredo Trucks Drivers, Others Charged in Massive Human Smuggling
2008-03-26 23:43:00 They are believed to have smuggled hundreds of illegal immigrants into the United States but now, 41 truck drivers, guides, brokers, recruiters and smuggling leaders are facing criminal charges. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) special agents started the investigation in Laredo but made the arrests across several American cities over the last seven weeks. Investigators said ... More About: Drivers , Breaking News , Trucks , Human , Smuggling
[Updated] Laredo Trucks Drivers, Others Charged in Massive Human Smuggling
2008-03-26 23:43:00 They are believed to have smuggled hundreds of illegal immigrants into the United States but now, 41 truck drivers, guides, brokers, recruiters and smuggling leaders are facing criminal charges. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) special agents started the investigation in Laredo but made the arrests across several American cities over the last seven weeks. Investigators said the group used truck drivers to smuggle at least 376 illegal immigrants from Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras into the United States. Most of the immigrants were discovered tractor trailers and attempting to pass through different checkpoints in and around Laredo. Most of the discoveries were made during routine inspections after they noticed suspicious activity coming from inside the trailers or they were alerted by on-site canines on duty. Each immigrant allegedly paid $500 to $3,000 depending on their destination. All 41 of the accused human smugglers have already appeared before a... More About: Drivers , Trucks , Human , Smuggling
Military occupation of US Border to end in August
2008-03-22 22:16:00 TUCSON, Ariz. ? A program that has rotated thousands of National Guard smen along the Mexican border to augment U.S. Border Patrol agents comes to a close in four months, despite calls by at least one border governor to extend the Guard’s mission. Operation Jump Start began in mid-2006, deploying up to 6,000 troops at a time ... More About: Military , August , Borderlands
Visa issue keeps carnival workers from crossing border
2008-03-22 18:33:00 Editor’s Note: Simply another reason for people to get their heads out of their asses, and support a bi-partisian effort at true immigration reform! TLAPACOYAN, Mexico?Atop a hill just outside of this small city in Veracruz, between patches of banana and coffee plants that grow wild in the tropics of southern Mexico, a church stands ... More About: Carnival , Workers , Visa , Crossing , Issue
Putting the racist extremists in their place - Debunking the myths
2008-03-21 17:37:00 In a response to anti-immigrant sentiment and an increase in hate crimes against Latinos , a Hispanic rights group launched an effort Thursday to debunk myths espoused by media talk shows and political campaigns. The Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund unveiled the “Truth in Immigration” campaign to rebut legal and factual inaccuracies about immigrants, particularly ... More About: Myths , Putting , Place , Racist
An Agent, a Green Card, and a Demand for Sex
2008-03-21 08:11:00 No problems so far, the immigration agent told the American citizen and his 22-year-old Colombian wife at her green card interview in December. After he stapled one of their wedding photos to her application for legal permanent residency, he had just one more question: What was her cell phone number? The calls from the agent started ... More About: Agent , Card , Green , Rape , Demand
Mexican cross border drayage trucks revealed (28 photos - RAW)
2008-03-20 07:31:00 OOIDA’ executive vice president Todd Spencer, continues to try and convince the public, the Courts and Congress that the companies participating in the Cross Border Demonstration Project re using the same trucks as the border shuttle fleet or drayage operators. He insinuates this fleet is ill maintained, worn out junk rigs that have no place on ... More About: Photos , Trucks , Mexican
Promiles Releases Online Routing for Hispanic drivers
2008-03-18 03:04:00 ProMiles Software has released what is says is the first online routing application targeted at the Hispanic driver segment of our industry at millasdecamion.com. Statistics from the US Department of Labor indicate that Hispanic drivers make up almost 20% of the workforce, making Hispanics the largest minority in the US long haul driver demographic. The projected driver ... More About: Drivers , Online
The Great Texas TV Truck Race
2008-03-17 17:35:00 A day after a fatal highway drag racing crash, a pair of local television live trucks were caught on video in their own race at a local drag strip. The El Paso stations, KDBC-TV and KVIA-TV, were at the legal drag racing strip Friday night when a crowd of onlookers apparently convinced a pair of photographers ... More About: Truck , Great , Legal , Race
Mexico honors Irish-American Saint Patrick?s Brigade (San Patricios)
2008-03-17 07:01:00 From behind the bullet-scarred walls of an ancient fortress, the wail of bagpipes and a thundering bass drum echoed through a plaza in the center of Mexico City. Passers-by stopped in their tracks. Children craned for a look as a platoon of Mexican bagpipers marched through the gates in tribute to a strange and divisive chapter ... More About: Culture , American , Patrick , Saint Patrick
What is ?English Proficiency? as it applies to a Mexican Trucker?
2008-03-15 23:05:00 Leave it up to the opposition to take a minor point and run it up the pole until it becomes a major problem. Such is the case with the "English Proficiency Requirement" brought up by that silly little man, Byron Leslie Dorgan, in the Capitol Hill ambush of Secretary of Transportation Mary Peters. Let's ... More About: Mexican , Opinions , Spanish , Border Crossing
What is ?English Proficiency? as it applies to a Mexican Trucker?
2008-03-15 23:05:00 Leave it up to the opposition to take a minor point and run it up the pole until it becomes a major problem. Such is the case with the “English Proficiency Requirement” brought up by that silly little man, Byron Dorgan, in the Capitol Hill ambush of Secretary of Transportation Mary Peters. CVSA Inspector guidelines state: ?In ... More About: Mexican , Opinions , Spanish , Border Crossing
AVOMEX International newest participant in Cross Border Program
2008-03-15 22:21:00 OOIDA immediately responds with unsupported allegations against the company. In what has become a common practice with OOIDA, they have once again gone on the attack against a participant in the Cross Border Program , citing statistics not in existence to further their fear mongering about non existent safety issues. The latest target of their attack is AVOMEX ... More About: International
AVOMEX International newest participant in Cross Border Program
2008-03-15 22:21:00 OOIDA immediately responds with unsupported allegations against the company. In what has become a common practice with OOIDA, they have once again gone on the attack against a participant in the Cross Border Program , citing statistics not in existence to further their fear mongering about non existent safety issues. The latest target of their attack is AVOMEX ... More About: International
The Ethics of Senator Byron Dorgan (D)ND
2008-03-15 18:39:00 Has anyone ever wondered why a Senator from a nowhere state like South Dakota, would have such a passionate opposition to a Cross Border Truck Program that will not impact his state or constituents in the least? I have. As they say, “follow the money”! These politicians rarely do anything for the benefit of the people ... More About: Ethics , Dorgan
Cross Border Trucking Program - The Storm after the calm
2008-03-15 04:29:00 The Mexican Cross Border program was in the news the entire week after John Hill, administrator of FMCSA indicated the program might need to be extended to provide more accurate statistics. This brought out the expected firestorm from the opponents and bloggers with no connection to the trucking industry. First out of the chute of ... More About: Storm , Program , Trucking , Teamsters
NAFTA benefits Ohio workers much more than it hurts
2008-03-15 02:48:00 Trade has become a whipping boy in this year’s electoral campaign. As the presidential contest got under way in Iowa a few short weeks ago, some candidates railed about the impact of trade on manufacturing jobs, pointing to a Maytag plant that recently closed, its jobs sent overseas. But those jobs didn’t go overseas; they came ... More About: Workers , Ohio , Jobs , Benefits , Exports
When you know nothing and think you know it all!
2008-03-06 14:10:00 It’s always good to wake up and find something that sets the tone for the day. Republican Texas Grandma - American and proud on the Greensboro NC blog, Greensboring.com, an appropriate name I think. So this 88 year old woman from Texas calls the place where this young lady works, lonely probably, but who knows, ... More About: Life , Culture , Immigration , That
Pennsylvania Lawmaker looking for his 15 seconds in the spotlight
2008-03-06 02:40:00 A misguided Pennsylvania state lawmaker, looking to get his name in the media, is calling for President Bush to comply with the federal law regarding trucks from Mexico. State Rep. Dan Surra, D-Elk, has offered a resolution that urges the Bush administration and the U.S. Department of Transportation to obey recently enacted federal law. ?Allowing ... More About: Spotlight , Seconds
Senate GOP pushes strict bills on immigration enforcement
2008-03-05 19:14:00 Editors Notes: What utter crap! With our economy in the crapper, Bush’s Iraq fiasco. And now this meaningless piece of legislation, which with luck, will never clear committee. Let’s see, 2 years imprisonment for crossing the border a second time, as if our prisons are not already overcrowded. Can’t open bank accounts when most don’t have ... More About: Immigration , Senate , Bills , Enforcement , Strict
So what?s up with Swift Transportation a week later?
2008-03-05 00:27:00 It’s been what, a week now, since the news everyone was talking about was the multi agency raid on Swift Transportation s Memphis terminal and truck driving school, or was it the Tennessee Department of Safety, on site license office. Things tend to get blurred when nobody knows anything but everyone’s an expert. So what’s going on? ... More About: Week
Candidates pander to the electorate over NAFTA
2008-03-04 21:09:00 After the vote tallies are in from today?s primary elections in Texas and Ohio, the presidential candidates should stop talking about gutting international trade treaties. Both Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton supported the North American Free Trade Agreement when campaigning in Texas but promised Ohio voters that they would force Canada and Mexico to renegotiate NAFTA. The ... More About: Candidates
No to a border wall in Laredo - It will not help
2008-03-02 16:44:00 A border wall does nothing but represent racism and fear, said David Almaraz, president of the local American Civil Liberties Union chapter, at a protest Saturday morning.Almaraz was one of approximately 75 Laredo residents who marched from San Agustin Plaza to City Hall in protest of a border wall. Alongside the residents were several city ... More About: Security , Wall , Border Crossing , Borderlands
More Mexican troops to the border
2008-03-02 02:46:00 A new batch of troops arrived in Nuevo Laredo this weekend to supplement the soldiers already assigned to border security. Although the authorities did not reveal the exact number of agents and soldiers who arrived, , military sources commented this week that between the 26 and the 29 of February, 2600 additional troops would be ... More About: Mexican , Cartel , Troops , Borderlands
The Geopolitics of Dope
More articles from this author:2008-03-02 01:36:00 Over recent months, the level of violence along the U.S.-Mexican border has begun to rise substantially, with some of it spilling into the United States. Several months ago, the Mexican government began military operations on its side of the border against Mexican gangs engaged in smuggling drugs into the United States. The action apparently pushed ... More About: Borderlands , Dope , Geopolitics 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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