I saw Mexican trucks/drivers in Lousiana, question

[rcso]

Has that pilot program already started? If not, wtf was he doing that far in country. Third I had to have passed 5 border patrol SUV's on I-10 between Mobile and N.O. They weren't convoying or anything, they were sitting in the medians as if they were on a normal patrol. Now I was a cop, so I know what I saw; and granted I've never had a chance to see them on the border yet, but what are 'they' doing inland to.

[Fozzy]

EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!

Run for the hills!!!!

P.S. I'll bet they were doing something unsafe, dangerous and something that could be seen by some as "un-American"... :P

[rcso]

Fozzy, I'm asking the question only because I'm a legal minded guy, obviously. If the pilot program started already, then hey he's probably just doing what he's supposed to be doing. I don't know when it starts, thus the request for further information. If it hasn't yet, then a Mexican tag'd truck with a temp Texas tag in addition to his own would means he's a Mexican driver, and is only supposed to be allowed what 25-50 miles inland from the border. So please keep the holier than thou comments to channel 19. 'preciate it.

[Fozzy]

who knows why the truck was there.. I figure I could get the panic show started that is sure to come... I'm not holier than thou or anyone else, I'm just not living in some fantasy world full of intrigue that some around here seem to be enjoying living and wallowing in.

[rcso]

Fair enough, now do you by chance know if that pilot program has started yet or not?

[geomon]

Here's some information:

http://fleetowner.com/management/new...pening_border/

[Sgt_D]

DOT around here (I-20 around the 406 in TX) are loving it...in the past month they have cought 2 trucks comming out of El Paso. The first had 955 lbs of pot the second had 1500 lbs. Both were teams and all 4 from Mexico.

[Fozzy]

got news or newspaper links for either of these?? sound like trucker stories to me...

[rcso]

Foz, whether or not 'they' are trucker tales I do not know, but I can tell you that police do catch illegal things from illegal people doing illegal stuff all the time, it's common enough that unless the crap is worth high 6 figures coming in or out of the borders no one reports on it anymore.

U.S. Customs Service patrol officers, special agents, inspectors and air interdiction officers, Pima County Sheriff's Department officers, Tohono O'Odham Police Department officers, and National Park Service rangers seized approximately 9,469.3 pounds of marijuana, 2.1 pounds of cocaine, and made 24 arrests between November 30 and December 12 during Operation Cobija. Operation Cobija is an enhanced counter-smuggling and drug interdiction effort involving personnel from all of the above listed law enforcement organizations.

http://www.cbp.gov/hot-new/pressrel/1998/1214-00.htm
That article was from 1998 from barely 3 weeks of work, the 'business' grows every year.


Here is a more 'recent' one, as in this past week.
http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/newsroom/...s/03062007.xml

Wellton, Ariz. — U.S. Customs and Border Protection Border Patrol agents working southeast of Tacna, Ariz., discovered two abandoned vehicles containing nearly 3,500 pounds of marijuana Monday morning.

Hell you I'm sure know as well as any trucker on here just how easy it would be to stuff a bale or three down into a tank to make some 'extra money' on your delivery. DOT/police just don't have the manpower to check all trucks. (thus the reason more than 75% of all freight being imported on ships aren't checked)[/quote]

[Fozzy]

Foz, whether or not they are trucker tales I do not know, but I can tell you that police do catch illegal things from illegal people doing illegal stuff all the time, it's common enough that unless the crap is worth high 6 figures coming in or out of the borders no one reports on it anymore.


Hell you I'm sure know as well as any trucker on here just how easy it would be to stuff a bale or three down into a tank to make some 'extra money' on your delivery. DOT/police just don't have the manpower to check all trucks. (thus the reason more than 75% of all freight being imported on ships aren't checked)

That's true enough, but its really odd that these "tales" really seem to magically appear in larger numbers when the mexican drivers are in the story. This is like the old stereotype of hanging the whole welfare problem on the minorities when since its inception, more white folk have been on welfare over the country than minorities. You hear all the "I swear I saw a black woman driving a new Cadillac and using food stamps" when ever the story is told, There are again, currently MORE American drivers doing dumb, illegal and dangerous things in more dangerous vehicles that there EVER will be mexican drivers doing the same things. It's just far too "selective" and of course self-serving to say otherwise

[Fozzy]

There is a huge difference in the implication of the poster who said that the DOT has caught specifically Mexican Tractor Trailers with drugs and these various drug buggies coming across the border all over the place and have for decades. To tie the Mexican truck drivers automatically with drug smuggling is just not fair.

[rcso]

No it's not, but (can't believe I'm going to say this) 'Mexican' drug smuggling is an estimated multi billion dollar/yr business according to the govt. Unfortuantly, this is like saying; hey you're profiling me just because I'm X doesn't mean I'm a drunk driver. No sir, we make it a habit to pull over all drivers that happen to use the sidewalk as an exit lane.

Believe it or not, I'm of the same school of thought as you on this, but facts are facts; profiling based on predicating factors works. It isn't technically 'racial' profiling because the 'race' is hispanic, not of european descent. Race has nothing to do with being 'Mexican' or 'Honduran' or 'Columbian'. Hell I'm sure a lot of people wouldn't even realize a lot of hispanic people are actually native 'indian' peoples.

[PackRatTDI]

Didn't the MExican government donate a lot of stuff to the Katrina recovery effort? Maybe he was picking some stuff up to take back.

[Goin Fer It]

Yes, at least according to what I read on a Mexican Embassy page yesterday I will attempt to find it. Americans....always the last to know aren't we.

Goin Fer It

[Sentinel]

Has that pilot program already started? If not, wtf was he doing that far in country. Third I had to have passed 5 border patrol SUV's on I-10 between Mobile and N.O. They weren't convoying or anything, they were sitting in the medians as if they were on a normal patrol. Now I was a cop, so I know what I saw; and granted I've never had a chance to see them on the border yet, but what are 'they' doing inland to.

rcso,

Depending on the load the driver was carrying they may have obtained a temporary permit to directly drive the load to its destination. Mexican trucking companies currently can request individual trucks to perform extended deliveries. It does require planning and a lot of paperwork for customs though. The new open border plan is an attempt to significantly reduce the requirements.

[hoosierdaddy]

You saw Mexicans in Louisiana? Big deal! I see American trucks and truck drivers in Canada all the time. They clog up our main streets.

[Cluggy619]

This has been debated over and over. And I can tell you this. It's been going on with one thing or another, so it was just a matter of time before it got into the trucking industry. However, it may not be so bad.

I talk to a illegal....( just go to just about any corner where they hang out looking for a job.) He spoke a little English, but not much. He told me about the jobs he had, and they are pretty organized. Did you know that those guys on the corner are part of what we call a union? It's true. They have rates for each job they do, and you better not work for less. If the rate is $8.00 per hour (the lowest anyone is allowed to work for), you better not work for less. If you do, and they find out, they will beat the holy ***** out of you. And people who refuse to pay...well, they pay.

So maybe the "Mexican National" coming into America driving force might be the thing we need.....

They may start out cheap, but they won't stay there. And if you were a driver from Mexico, why would you go back? hehehe

I see this blowing up into their faces(the people allowing this), and a big demand, with much higher pay, for American truck drivers.

Welcome, My Mexican truck driving brothers.

[Red Clay Rambler]

Guess the bricklayers, carpenters, etc. are still waiting for their dramatic wage increase resulting from the influx of illegals.

[Cluggy619]

Guess the bricklayers, carpenters, etc. are still waiting for their dramatic wage increase resulting from the influx of illegals.

That's right...they are. :twisted:

[mikey4069]

I dont think the pilot program has started and i hope it never does !! Someone answer this question ? where are they going to park if i have a hard time finding a place to park ???