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Cybergal Truck Forum Supporter   Last Seen: 04.16.2009 05.42 AM Member Since: Oct 2008 Posts: 13,838 My Trucking Photos: 27 Thanks: 2,066 Thanked: 2,575 Times My Truckers Blog : 16

Meat Companies Urge Congress To Leave Mexico Trucking Program Intact Meat Companies Urge Congress To Leave Mexico Trucking Program Intact 4/2/08 CattleNetwork, KS Quote: Major meat processing companies joined other agricultural interests in urging Congress to resist efforts to shut down the Department of Transportation's Cross Border Trucking Pilot Program with Mexico. Under the pilot program started last year, Mexican trucks can now enter the United States. In 2001, a North American Free Trade Agreement dispute settlement panel ruled that blanket exclusion of Mexican trucking firms violated U.S. obligations under NAFTA. Congress, however, attached a rider to the 2008 appropriations bill intended to stop the administration's pilot program by pulling its funding. Earlier this month, Sen. Byron Dorgan (D-N.D.) called for an investigation into why the program was continuing. In a letter sent to all members of Congress, agricultural interests expressed concern that if the pilot program did not continue, Mexico could retaliate to the tune of $2 billion in lost trade annually, which would include U.S. agricultural exports such as beef, pork and poultry. Highway safety has been the main argument against cross border trucking with Mexico. The letter was signed by dozens of companies and associations, including Hormel Foods, Smithfield Foods, Tyson Foods, Cargill Inc., American Meat Institute, National Pork Producers Council and U.S. Meat Export Federation. http://www.cattlenetwork.com/content...ntentid=210078

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bullhaulerswife Trucker Forum STAFF   Member Since: Jul 2007 Location: Midwest Trucker? Trucker Wife Age: 44 Posts: 5,258 My Trucking Photos: 32 Thanks: 1,714 Thanked: 1,858 Times My Truckers Blog : 2

Are you kidding me? Yeah, I'm not surprised to see Hormel on there. Our plant here gets raided once a year by INS and they fill a bus and ship them back. __________________ Ignorance NEVER settles a question. Proud supporter of Locks of Love

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danc694u "Village Idiot"   Member Since: May 2007 Location: Mississippi Trucker? 23 Years Age: 49 Posts: 9,408 My Trucking Photos: 11 Thanks: 424 Thanked: 2,697 Times

Thankfully, the Supreme Court weighed in on this issue last week (treaties signed by our government). It will now have to come to a full vote within the House & Senate. We'll continue to see heavy lobbying tactics, and letters like the above, until this matter is settled. Hopefully, Mexico does retaliate. It will force the issue to come to the floor even faster. Then we will know WHO has our backs, and who has sold us out. __________________ He has erected a multitude of new offices, and sent hither swarms of officers to harass our people, and eat out their substance........ He has combined with others to subject us to a jurisdiction foreign to our constitution, and unacknowledged by our laws; giving his assent to their acts of pretended legislation: Declaration Of Independence __________________ King George or Obama ????

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semi-nutz Light Load Member   Last Seen: 05.11.2009 07.50 PM Member Since: Feb 2008 Location: bottom left coast Trucker? No Age: 53 Posts: 77 My Trucking Photos: 0 Thanks: 0 Thanked: 7 Times

The meat packers just don't want to hire translators for their docks, the drivers will be able to communicate with the employees. At least Mexico hasn't threatened to curtail exports of laborers, that might really hurt American industry.

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old-six-pack Medium Load Member   Last Seen: 3 Minutes Ago 05.23 PM Member Since: Oct 2007 Location: vernon hill, va Trucker? 32 Years Posts: 551 My Trucking Photos: 0 Thanks: 157 Thanked: 21 Times

i don't know who is doing the butchering, but have you ever seen a bunch of mexicans butcher a hog???? they stick him with a screwdriver in the heart, then a bunch wresles with the hog trying to hold their finger over the hole so the blood won't flow out . then after the hog finaly dies , they cut the hog open to retrieve the blood to drink... Saw it with my own eyes!!!!!!!

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