Cross-border trucking continues despite protests
By Aaron Nelsen/The Brownsville Herald
January 12, 2008 - 10:16PM

Like it or not, Mexican trucks will continue making deliveries into the United States interior despite congressional efforts to block their passage.

Congress voted last year to stop funding for a cross-border trucking pilot program, however, last week, the Bush administration argued that while the congressional action bans funding for a new program it does nothing to stop the current one.

“The current cross-border trucking demonstration project will continue to operate in a manner that puts safety first, with participating Mexican carriers subject to all safety standards required by the 2008 omnibus bill and the department, while giving U.S. trucking companies new opportunities and U.S. consumers significant savings,â€