Forwarding this to BEE-L list since this is going down tomorrow with first trucker, and information needs to be out. Hopefully it will get posted

Dee

Subj: Re: [Organicbeekeepers] Trucking System going down hill now???? 
Date: 10/25/2011 3:26:22 PM Mountain Daylight Time 

Hey Dee, I just read this today.  The article gives a little more information.
North American Union has arrived: First official Mexican shipping truck to cross US border
by Jonathan Benson, staff writer

(NaturalNews) Beginning this week, Mexican truckers will officially be 
allowed to bypass border inspections and drive directly into the US to 
deliver their goods. The pilot program not only complies with provisions
set forth in the North American Free Trade Agreement of 1994, but it 
also ratchets up another notch towards a North American Union (NAU), 
where borders among the US, Mexico, and Canada are virtually eliminated.

For
years, public outcry and concern by some politicians over its sweeping 
implications have prevented the new trucking policy from being 
implemented. After all, drug trafficking, illegal entry by Mexican 
immigrants, and even violent standoffs at the border are already 
problematic under the current system, which requires that Mexican 
truckers transfer their goods to US truckers at the border.

But 
under the new system, Mexican truckers will be permitted to freely cross
the border and drive deep into America's heartland. For the inaugural 
event, Mexican trucking company Transportes Olympic will cross over the 
US border at Laredo, Tex., on Wed., Oct. 26, where it will travel 450 
miles north to Garland, Tex., to deliver industrial equipment.

According
to the Associated Press (AP), US Reps. Duncan Hunter (R-San Diego) and 
Bob Filner (D-San Diego) have expressed bipartisan opposition to the 
plan, which not only threatens thousands of American jobs, but also 
opens wide the floodgates of open entry into the US.

"There's 
absolutely no upside to the program," said Joe Kasper, a spokesman for 
Rep. Hunter's office, to the AP. "It's a good example of foreign 
interests overtaking American interests, at the expense of jobs, 
security and safety. The program was a bad idea when it was created 
under NAFTA and it's a bad idea now. It should be stopped right away."

Todd
Spencer, owner-operator of the Independent Drivers Association (IDA), 
an international trade organization that promotes the interests of truck
drivers, shares a similar sentiment. Spencer told the AP that "the 
beneficiaries of opening border (sic) will be few and the casualties 
will be plenty."

All Mexican trucks participating in the program 
will be required to have electronic monitoring devices installed, and 
their drivers will have to submit to criminal background checks and be 
able to speak English. But in reality, these protocols will do little to
nothing to prevent the wave of new criminal activity that is sure to 
arise.

Sources for this article include:

http://hosted2.ap.org/CARIE/7f780b0...

--- On Thu, 10/20/11, Dee <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

From: Dee <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: [Organicbeekeepers] Trucking System going down hill now????
To: [log in to unmask]
Date: Thursday, October 20, 2011, 11:02 PM

 

Have received a few phone calls from border area today in between work concerning the trucking industry and need to get it checked out more. Namely, there is a 50 mile limit at the southern USA border for trucks with imports coming into USA with meat, produce, etc so over the years packing houses have been built for transfer then for USA truckers to pick up and finish hauling to various destinations. 

Now hearing today that truckers from Mexico coming across the border can go where ever they need to for deliveries in whole USA of North 

America..........which to me then means transport of bees to??????, cattle to slaughter houses, produce directly to big company warehouses anyplace in USA and a lot of packing houses and drop off points to soon lose work and then employees, and that means then truckers then picking up for shipping to other places in USA.....

But need more verification..............so any one else hearing this big change now going on supposedly????.... for to me all across the border from S. Calif to Texas this is going to be a lot of hurting in the old now gone 50 mile radius...........like things aren't bad enough for coming new year!!!

Dee A. Lusby

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