No Mexican Trucks on U.S. Highways, Lawmakers Tell DOT

[bobbyw24]

Monday, May 16, 2011
By Edwin Mora

(CNSNews.com) – In a recent letter to U.S. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood, a bipartisan group of 44 lawmakers urged the Obama administration not to reinstate a cross-border program involving Mexican trucks.

The lawmakers cited cost, safety and security concerns as reasons for not reviving the U.S. Department of Transportation’s proposed program.

Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-Calif.) and Rep. Daniel Lipinski (D-Ill.) are leading the bi-partisan effort, which includes 13 Republicans and 31 Democrats

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[Southron]

Hopefully this is halted. NAFTA should have never been passed in the first place, and we wouldn't have these retaliatory tariffs on our agriculture products.

NAFTA has also hurt rural Mexicans, and plays a part in their illegally immigrating to this country. Our corn subsidies make corn cheaper for Mexico to import from us, rather than let the Mexican farms grow it themselves.

[bobbyw24]

Hopefully this is halted. NAFTA should have never been passed in the first place, and we wouldn't have these retaliatory tariffs on our agriculture products.

NAFTA has also hurt rural Mexicans, and plays a part in their illegally immigrating to this country. Our corn subsidies make corn cheaper for Mexico to import from us, rather than let the Mexican farms grow it themselves.

Good points