Repeating the pattern that has been established over the past decade and longer, opponents of long-distance trucking across the Mexican border moved quickly yesterday to restrain the latest plan to open the border.
Within hours of the Department of Transportation announcing that U.S. Secretary Ray LaHood and Mexican Secretary Dionisio Perez-Jacome had signed an agreement to go ahead with the pilot program, the Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association reported that it has sued to halt the program and several congressmen introduced legislation to limit the program.