In what is certain to incite continued controversy, a federal appeals court gave Mexican trucking companies carte blance to roll on America's highways. Despite suits from the Sierra Club, the Teamsters Union and citizen worries about safety, the court supported the Bush administration's NAFTA venture.
Critics say that there's no way to really ensure that U.S. safety regulations or driver training regulations are met. Also of concern: the increased opportunity for drug trafficking and the smuggling in of illegal aliens as up to 100 Mexican companies roll from Mexico throughout the U.S.
The Bush administration can go ahead with a pilot program to allow as many as 100 Mexican trucking companies to freely haul their cargo anywhere within the U.S. for the next year, a federal appeals court ruled Friday.The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals denied a request made by the Teamsters union, the Sierra Club and the nonprofit Public Citizen to halt the program.
The appeals court ruled the groups have not satisfied the legal requirements to immediately stop what the government is calling a "demonstration project," but can continue to argue their case.
The trucking program is scheduled to begin Thursday.
Source: cbsnews.com
Tags: federal appeals courtt | highway safety | Mexico | nafta | Sierra Club | Teamsters Union
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