Unsafe Mexican trucks cross our border more than 4 million times a year. According to the DOT's figures, this means that each truck crosses 71 times and yet they are inspected less than one percent of the time. With a totally open border, the truck traffic is expected to increase to more than 7 million crossings by the DOT's own estimates. The Bush administration intends to follow the panel s ruling and open the border. If the border is opened completely, the American traveling public will be forced to share the highway with Mexican drivers that have unsafe equipment and no basic worker protections.
American lives are more important than unfair trade agreements.