A federal appeals court ruled on Friday, August 31st that as many as one hundred Mexican trucking companies will be able to run and operate in anywhere in the United States for the next year. The Teamsters Union, the Sierra Club and the Public Citizen had made an appeal to the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to halt the program but that request was denied.
The Mexican trucks could start operating in the U.S. as earlier as Thursday, Sept 6th pending a report from the Inspector General of the DOT. Earlier in the year in July, 114 members of Congress signed a letter citing “Grave Concerns,” asking President Bush not to move forward with the cross border provisions.
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Official Statement from the Teamsters Union on Mexican Truck Project
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