Are the trucks that Mexicans drive up from Mexico going to be used for smuggling people and drugs/weapons?

Question

I am looking for some information on the screening process these trucks go through before they are allowed to enter the USA.

Answer 1

The screening is random at 1 in ten trucks so there is a high to moderate possibility there could be smuggling.

Answer 2

When we ship goods to Canada, certain paperwork must be provided to the broker who handles the paperwork for a load going across the border. If everything doesn't match they are held up for hours. I'm sure these trucks will not be allowed to cross the border without the correct documentation. Hopefully, we require the same type of documentation when shipments cross our border from Mexico. If not, we really do have reason to be alarmed.

Answer 3

Keep in mind the volume of traffic at a border crossing. At best they get a 2 min spot check & dog sniff. Any more than that and You would back up trade & traffic for days. You can't strip search every pallet of things rolling through. As for weapons? Mexico is actually complaining about US guns being bought in over the border by the drug gangs. A reverse border problem.

Answer 4

Mexican drivers don't have to have a special license to drive a truck. A regular mexican driver's license will do. They have no database to track who they are. They aren't required to keep log books, so a driver arriving at the border could be on his third day awake on a cocaine binge (there is not one drug testing lab in Mexico) and we have no way to tell. All one has to do is travel to the zone where they are currently allowed to drive, 20 mile zone from the border, and see the condition of these trucks to realize there is now way these things can pass a DOT inspection. Bald tires of various different sizes, fuel tanks with broken straps, and duct tape and bungee cords holding body parts on.
As for getting inspected, I cross the Canadian border all the time. They have implemented a program where you fax the documents at least one hour before you arrive at the border check point, and you don't get inspected. At first participation in this program was voluntary, now it is mandatory. They MIGHT check one out of every 25 trucks. That's it. This program will be in place at the Mexican border as well. It speeds up the process and prevents delays.
The Bush administration says this is a great deal for me. In exchange for allowing Mexicans to run freight I would normaly haul making 1/5 of the wages I make, I now have the opportunity to run in Mexico. Wow! You mean I get to run my $80,000 truck on Mexico's dirt roads filled with crater sized pot-holes, pay bribes to every cop I encounter so I don't disappear from the face of the earth forever, or get shot in my sleep so some bandito can steal my aluminum wheels. Thanks GW. I'm so glad I voted for you. Not so much.

I urge everyone who reads this to please email your senator. A bill passed the house in an overwhelming majority, over 400 votes for it, that stops this pilot program. The bill has reached the senate and stalled there. this affects everyone. these drivers will be coming through your towns by your homes, and we have no way of knowing who they are, how long they have been awake at the wheel, or if they are on drugs or not.

Bekind- I drive over the Canadian border at least a dozen times a year. Let me tell you somthing about documents. Yeah they glance over the documents, but RARELY do they look in the ttrailer ans see what's really inside.

Answer 5

Of course they will, not to mention that they do not have to comply with our safety standards or licensing requirements for the drivers.
The whole idea is to break the back of the Teamsters Union and get American truck drivers to work for minimum wage.
But do you really think that the price of anything will go down?

If the Big Egos in Washington wanted to do the job the right way, they would build a railroad and not a superhighway.

Answer 6

They aren't even going to be subject to the same safety regulations as US registered trucks. If the brakes and lights don't work, they won't be denied entry, under the current "one world" scheme that's envisioned.

Answer 7

No. The people will be allowed to cross unrestricted so they won't need to be smuggled. And the CIA is smuggling the drugs into the U.S., so the Mexicans don't have to.

Answer 8

keep in mind that most of the truckers that come in from Mexico are working for American owned companies. come on now........ .... ..this still gonna be America no matter what ...to answer your question yes they are going to be used for that or other matters but it has been going on since their will always be demand from greedy stingy American people looking for cheap labor and American drug users ....law of supply and demand

Answer 9

That's a big concern, not to mention the fact that safety issues are real as well.

Answer 10

It's happening as we speak, we need to get a handle on this, why isn't more being done here?? Lets see $$$$$$$$$$$$$