A commercial truck driver from Monterrey who has crossed Laredos international bridges countless times was stunned earlier this month when he received a ticket from U.S. inspectors because he cant speak English."We were worried," said Samuel Tamez Treviño, owner of the truck that was driven by Rafael Segovia. "We consulted with attorneys. We were somewhat relieved when they told us it would be treated as a warning. But now what are we supposed to do?"
Tamez Treviño, whose transportation company is in Montemorelos, is concerned that his drivers may be unable or unwilling to learn English, considering that even a short, intense course to learn the basics can take five months.
Segovia, who was back home and unavailable for comment, was handed the citation on Aug. 2 at about 4:45 p.m. at the Colombia-Solidarity International Bridge. He also was cited for having non-working brake lights and a leaky hydraulic hose, which are fairly routine violations.
Tamez Treviño said hes never heard of any law requiring that his drivers know English. Many company owners dont speak English, let alone their workers, many of whom dont even have a high school education.
The law requiring that Mexican truckers coming into the United States speak English has been on the books for years, but it has taken on renewed significance with the coming implementation of a new provision that will allow up to 100 Mexican carriers to go beyond the border zone. It also will allow up to 100 U.S. carriers to go deep into Mexico with their loads.
While many international trade supporters praise the move as long overdue and a natural outgrowth of the North American Free Trade Agreement, the plan has many critics, including labor leaders and some U.S. transportation companies who fear the Mexican trucks will be unsafe and create unnecessary risks on U.S. highways
Nevertheless, a demonstration project is set to begin within a few weeks, allowing Mexican carriers that have passed the required safety audit to take their trucks onto U.S. roads.
Mexican truckers have their own complaints.
"Theyre already bothering us in the United States and it hasnt even started," said Luis Moreno Sesma, president of the Nuevo Laredo branch of Canacar, a national association of transportation company owners. "Its not fair to require English in the commercial (border) zone."
Federal transportation officials in Laredo declined to comment, but a spokeswoman for the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration in Washington said truck drivers who are working only in the border commercial zone may be found in violation of the law for not being able to communicate in English but wont be stopped from crossing.
Those truck drivers who are headed past the border commercial zone, however, will not be allowed to continue their trip if they cant speak English, the spokeswoman said.
"The Mexican drivers may receive citations," said the spokeswoman, who declined to give her name, "but that doesnt mean they have to stop working."
Asked why the Mexican drivers werent given notice about the plan to start enforcing the law, the spokeswoman said Mexican authorities have been fully aware of the plan for some time. The Ministry of Communications and Transportation was involved in creating the demonstration program thats set to start soon.
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2007-08-26 12:33:25 · 5 answers · asked by Vanessa 2 in Immigration
2007-08-26 12:28:03 · 12 answers · asked by justinr1819 1 in Military
2007-08-26 12:26:10 · 23 answers · asked by joedaninc 1 in Law & Ethics
I don't know who owns the property, but it doesn't seem like it should be legal for the city to do this.
2007-08-26 12:22:48 · 12 answers · asked by Phyl 1 in Law & Ethics
In 1992, the trade deficit was 31 billion dollars
By 2001, the trade deficit was 435 billion dollars.
Why did Clinton send all those American jobs overseas ?
404 billion in American made products, replaced by foreign products.
2007-08-26 12:22:01 · 12 answers · asked by zooma 3 in Other - Politics & Government
2007-08-26 12:20:50 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics
They figured out how mush time he spent at ground zero... 29 hours!!! can you believe this guy had the audacity to compare himself to the real workers?
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/17/us/politics/17giuliani.html?ex=1345003200&en=40f6811aa96fc6f4&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss
2007-08-26 12:19:29 · 10 answers · asked by crushinator01 5 in Elections
Why or why not? Supporting information?
This is an issue that has come up in my research for some opinionated research papers I have had to write for a government class, and while initaly i felt that it was founded on such principles now I am not as adamant in my thinking. What are your thoughts?
2007-08-26 12:18:14 · 16 answers · asked by bd189ezy 2 in Politics
I mean something major, like "Day after Tomorrow" or "Outbreak", bad. Do you think it would level the playing field and bring us all back together? Or do you think it would make the divide between rich and poor, majority and minority, religious and non-religious more pronounced?
2007-08-26 12:17:51 · 5 answers · asked by Lilliput1212 4 in Other - Politics & Government
2007-08-26 12:17:28 · 9 answers · asked by Chi Guy 5 in Politics
Why would anyone be so fascist, that they want to ban baggy pants ?
2007-08-26 12:16:32 · 9 answers · asked by zooma 3 in Politics
My time, my keyboard,
my time, my fingers,
he is alone, in war
I miss the Dad I adore.
Sand and heat and him
his postcard is on my wall,
times, he does not talk,
times, I know he stands tall.
Prayers never left me, ever,
hopes and dreams are with me,
Daddy is my hero, my Manly Man,
He knows that and grinning again."
God Bless all our soldiers and sailors.
2007-08-26 12:13:49 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Military
Government conspiracy yes or no
2007-08-26 12:13:40 · 14 answers · asked by Mr. Dollar Saver 2 in Other - Politics & Government
If your problem is with politicians, heres just a list of republican politicans,
cheney
hastert
the list goes on
bush hiding in the guard during nam
And the President's policies with regards to the military . . . .
http://www.awolbush.com/
lets not forget sending them into Iraq undermanned.
2007-08-26 12:12:29 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics
I thought they were supposed to be the liberal opposition. Or maybe it just shows how the 2-party state has become so inept and corrupt,ignoring the will of the people.
2007-08-26 12:10:47 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics
2007-08-26 12:02:39 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Politics & Government
2007-08-26 12:01:01 · 4 answers · asked by RM 1 in Law & Ethics
RON PAUL IS CRUSHING THE COMPETITION!!!!!! ALL POLES AND SURVEYS SHOW RON PAUL DOING EXTREMELY WELL, YET THE MAINSTREAM MEDIA KEEPS LYING, IGNORING THE FACTS, TELLING US OTHERWISE. THE AMERICAN PEOPLE KNOW WHAT WE WANT AND SHOULD BE FURIOUS THAT MAINSTREAM MEDIA DARE TRY TO TELL SRE OPINIONS ARE DIFFERENT FROM WHAT THEY ACTUALLY ARE!!! WE WILL NOT TOLLERATE ANOTHER STOLEN ELLECTION!! WE WILL NOT TAKE NO MORE LIES!!! STOP THE LIES!!!
2007-08-26 11:59:52 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Elections
What are some good examples of false victims in todays society?
2007-08-26 11:58:25 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Law & Ethics
If so, what's up with THIS?
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070826/wl_nm/iraq_dc
2007-08-26 11:56:33 · 8 answers · asked by Bush Invented the Google 6 in Politics
My heart goes out to each of you!
Having been a "survivor" of Hurricane Katrina, I was wondering if the government of Britian was doing a better job of helping those affected than ours:
A few stats on what has happened with all of the money sent to the survirors of Katrina, on the Mississippi Gulf Coast.The Fed govmt allocated $23.5 BILLION to MS. That is enough to buy average size houses for each of the 65,000 people who lost their homes, $ enough left over to buy a brand new Honda accord to split between their two houses aver. $166,000. And by the way it is stated that is not the base model Accord, but the EX version. In addition, it's enough to give each man, woman and child in the three Southernmost counties $68,500 apiece.
However, 2 years latter the residents who survived this disaster still are waiting for grants and had it not been for volunteers would still be living in tents.
I was wondering how your government has helped/ or not helped the flooding survivors?
2007-08-26 11:56:21 · 9 answers · asked by bck2liberty 3 in Government
One of the worst disasters in U.S. history, and the majority of a MAJOR U.S. city remains in ruin...have we forgotten so easily and so soon?
2007-08-26 11:55:17 · 22 answers · asked by mellosmooth98 2 in Government
JUST SUPPOSE they found this loophole that during a war Bush can do another term . They studied the constitution and found this loophole. what would happen? how would you react?
2007-08-26 11:55:10 · 12 answers · asked by ForeverFREE 4 in Politics
Fact
www.tmz.com
2007-08-26 11:54:34 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Military
2007-08-26 11:51:14 · 3 answers · asked by Brian N 1 in Military
2007-08-26 11:48:26 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Military
my husband is deployed right now. he's supposed to come home between march and may of next year. but he's not with his orriginal unit and now his orriginal unit is getting deployed in may. does that mean that my husband will have to go with them too? how likely is it that the military will force him to go? he's in the army guard.
2007-08-26 11:46:45 · 9 answers · asked by candace b 3 in Military
2007-08-26 11:44:22 · 19 answers · asked by Page 4 in Politics
A friend of mine, (a minor, 15 years old) was walking down some street, and he was approached by a guy who asked him if he wanted to buy some weed. He said sure, bought a gram. He went a few feet, pulled out his pipe and lit up a bowl, and instantly cops come out of the cuts and grab him (my friend, the minor) and bust HIM for BUYING from an UNDERCOVER COP??
This cop sold a MINOR marijuana, how is this FAIR???
2007-08-26 11:43:53 · 23 answers · asked by gimme dat burrito 1 in Law Enforcement & Police
Here is the email.
Date: Sat, 25 Aug 2007 10:31:29 -0400
From: "Stell Bell"
Subject: Hired To Kill You....
Dear Friend,
It is important we come to a conclusion now or never because, I have
been hired to kill you, this is the simple fact and I have been paid
well for this job to be sincere with you, I have your full data’s, from
your name, to your address, to your phone numbers including this email
address. I watch you everyday since the past two weeks and I know
where you go and when you come back and everything you do. Do not dare me,
I am a born killer, which is what I do to survive, I was born and
brought up in Mexico.
Never the less, I do not want to kill you, reasons best known to me,
only if you will comply with my ransom and I will let you go and even
send you the pictures of the person in charge (Who Paid me to kill you)
including a very important video tape that you might need.
NOTE: No Police. Ignore this message if you wish to die, I give you 5
days to comply or I will come for you. I am presently on another
assignment. You have your choice.
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Reply to: don.stella@yahoo.de
2007-08-26 11:42:12 · 10 answers · asked by Lygris 1 in Law Enforcement & Police
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