Mexican trucks going deep into U.S. despite new law

**Tumbleweed** · Admin Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts votes: 4

This looks to be another case of Bush finding ways to push his personal agenda.

WASHINGTON -- The Bush administration is going ahead with a controversial pilot program giving Mexican trucks greater access to U.S. highways despite a new law by Congress against it.
The decision to proceed with the four-month-old program, which allows participating Mexican trucking companies to send loads throughout the United States, comes despite language in the recently signed catchall spending bill aimed at blocking it.

But the Department of Transportation is taking advantage of a loophole in the new law, which prohibits the government from spending any money to "establish" the program. The government says the new rules don't apply to the current program since it was started in September.

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**Kizzume** · Capo Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts votes: 1

I generally don't like the idea of this program. It seems like something that could hurt our trucking industry in many ways.

The only advantage I could see is that it also allows more of OUR trucks to go into Mexico.