Carriers Are Illegally Employing Drivers, Driving Rates Lower: B-1 Visa

[@jasonshimkus6139]

Speaking from personal experience here. I just left working at a walmart meat and produce dc in central florida. I was a back up yard driver, but when i wasnt flipping trailers, i would take drivers paperwork to them so they could leave quicker so we can keep the flow of trucks going so everyone made their appointment times. Im not being overly dramatic right now, well over HALF of the drivers that i would wake up couldnt speak or understand ANY english. To put the term half into perspective, we would do anywhere between 95-115 trucks in an 11 hour time period. Thank you for making this video, as it makes sense for what i was seeing with my own eyes!

[@csh9853]

DOT needs to do their job instead of nit picking American trucks.

[@nobrkt]

@ronronquillo32 that guy is not aware of the situation sadly XD

[@ActualDrunkAtheist]

Dot needs to be abolished

[@Francisco-po1cf]

They need to get on everyone. Too many American Truck Drivers do things that make it worse for themselves. Too many Drivers were busy chasing the money to pay attention. How many Drivers speed, work off the clock, bypass scales, Carry too much weight? Working too fast, not logging in and carrying too much weight is a sure way to take work from someone else and eventually your self. Truck Driver greed is part of the problem. Fueling your truck during your first 30 min break is helping the company. If 28 Drivers do this, why hire the 29th. I think it’s better if Drivers fuel the truck, park and then take the 30 minute break. Actually that time is better spent by taking a walk for exercise. If 28 drivers actually used their 30 minute breaks like it’s meant to be, the company would need to hire 2 more drivers to get the same amount of work done. Companies are taking advantage of Driver greed and Drivers are working themselves out of their jobs.

[@charleshouse5541]

@@Francisco-po1cf youve touched on one minute of a one thousand minute agenda. Destroy all aspects of our supply chain and the transportation industry of it to reset it for total control over it. Taking Americans out of the system insures your ability to better control all areas of production in America and that is an ultimate power. In America, Americans are the problem for these world globalist elites resetting our nation by all means necessary.

[@jorgelara6165]

Firts thing to check in the weight station, carrier insurance and bobtail insurance for owner operators, then driver docs

[@18_wheeler97]

I noticed in Texas when rates were good. Loads out of Huston would pay 1.50 and weigh 43k. I also noticed lots of trucks with Mexican plates in Arkansas.

[@patrickmeggison7443]

The real prison issuing CDL licenses to non English speaking individuals here in America. You are required to "speak and interpret the English language ". It's in the FMCSA book. It has destroyed the freight market. On top of they are getting a pass at scale houses due to the language barrier. Seen it happen with my own eyes

[@Always_sojourning]

They get stand ins to get the license.

[@texgarcia1958]

If you read the regulations, it only applies to drivers involved in interstate commerce. So a non English speaker is legal to get a CDL and work in intrastate commerce. In California where they do not have a farm exemption, the farm workers are required to get a CDL. The problem comes when that person is laid off from seasonal work. Then they go OTR.

[@jerrybearden8803]

I live in Texas and here’s another scoop on what’s going on here. I have a friend that runs a wrecker and he went to a roll over and the driver was an illegal with no driver license. They wrote him 10 tickets and turned him loose. The owner of the truck paid cash for it and just used the dot numbers on the side. When they called him he is in Mexico and told them to just keep the truck and trailer because he has no insurance. I have another buddy that hauls rock and he said the other day dot put 77 trucks on the hook out of one quarry. This was all illegal”s, no dot #”s or no insurance. This is why they can haul it for cheap and we can’t.

[@scarr6200]

Probably soros bought and paid for politicians allowed/encouraged this to happen. The globalists want to wreck America..thats it. You can't compete if your "competition" doesn't follow agreed upon rules. They cheat. Blame corrupt US politicians that sold america out to foreign special interests.

[@ArmandoPerez-tj7bc]

I used to work in the oil fields and the amount of drivers with international licenses from Mexico was out of this world. I don’t necessarily blame the drivers who are trying to provide to their family, even if illegal, but the companies, the politicians, the insurance companies that are turning a blind eye to the problem that is so evident in their face. The way they would do it is through someone that has their own authority who adds these illegal drivers to their policy and then works for the carrier. Texas passed a law last year but it is not enforced consistently. I would say add criminal liabilities to insurance and companies playing the game of willful blindness and vote the politicians out that don’t do shit to protect the American truck driver. These Mexican international licenses are purchased, so it is also a dangerous practices to allow drivers who often times don’t even have the training.

[@Pompy_silver]

Finally, you’ve hit nail on the head More Canadians are currently involved in such act. Not to be racist but the panjabi companies are in full throttle in such activity. They come here and work for months before heading back. How? Simply by revising the BOL and changing the pu location to out the country location every single time. So that it they ever get inspected BOL has already been plagiarized. While paying them $300 per week. So that how they can afford the cheap rates. Fmcsa / government NEED TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS. because if not it’ll only get worse and turn this country upside down.

[@davidpatterson4547]

💯 percent agree! I used to work for a Punjabi company and noticed guys coming in and practicing in the yard, then after a couple days, they would go out and (I’m not kidding)…The truck would be back in the yard wrecked… a lot of them are the ones taking these b.s. loads making it difficult for people to fight for higher rates again! Shameful.

[@deborahibrahim8419]

It's all by design to bring down the smaller business owners in the US out of the competition. Higher rates for us regulated to inflate our dimisse.

[@draganjevtic4068]

They are everywhere, team run,when they get tired, new guys are repeating .They are destroying the trucking business, fake bol

[@Pompy_silver]

It’s blows my mind how mega companies have not caught into this; because in such desperate times I know for fact they would have lobbied the politicians to on such matter. Because they’re the ones hurting real bad right now. When looking at macro 80% of the current US dollars thats in circulation was created since 2020; that’s 4 trillion dollar jump to 19 trillion dollar in qualitative easing. That’s how you know this recession that logistics industry is facing right now is caused by supply & demand; despite being in one of the longest boom market; the massed that flooded in this industry illegally suppressed the demand. Let that sink moment. So onward on expect nothing but bloodbath. As real inflation is not the bullshit cpi calculated by the government which doesn’t include taxes or grocery goods is at all time high. As we’re headed for hyperinflation or deflation. Best of luck to all because this way worse then 1970s or 2008.

[@Pompy_silver]

It’s blows my mind how mega companies have not caught into this; because in such desperate times I know for fact they would have lobbied the politicians to on such matter. Because they’re the ones hurting real bad right now. When looking at macro 80% of the current US dollars thats in circulation was created since 2020; that’s 4 trillion dollar jump to 19 trillion dollar in qualitative easing. That’s how you know this recession that logistics industry is facing right now is caused by supply & demand; despite being in one of the longest boom market; the massed that flooded in this industry illegally suppressed the demand. Let that sink moment. So onward on expect nothing but bloodbath. As real inflation is not the bullshit cpi calculated by the government which doesn’t include taxes or grocery goods is at all time high. As we’re headed for hyperinflation or deflation.

[@kevinbresnahan3394]

Never has a country been taken over so easily without a fight as this one. Unbelievable.

[@ausdlantein]

I see a tons of them at truck stop with Mexican plates that is insane

[@roydelray9461]

I guess you never seen the Canadian plates 😂😂😂 😂 ITS THEM DAM MEXICANS 😂😂😂😂 Taking all your shipments 😂

[@michaelalix4943]

Just look for the drivers wearing flip flops or flip flops and socks. Identifying them is really that easy!

[@tattoomangonetrucking2715]

South Florida is flooded with drivers who don't even know English. It's old news here in the sunshine state

[@ec3489]

I got news for you. There are a lot of Canadians taking from us too, but I don’t hear anyone talking about that. I say the Canadians should be under the same rules as the Mexican drivers. What do you think?

[@TruckingMadeSuccessful]

I think that any case of B-1 holders illegally running throughout the U.S. should be stopped

[@gurdevsandhu5081]

Not only Mexican Canadian companies also doing this If shipper is penalized for loading a non US carrier for local load problem will minimize

[@optionout]

I KNEW people were doing this because I've spoken to some drivers down in Laredo, south Texas at receivers and some SPEAK NO ENGLISH AT ALL. Especially fresh produce receivers.

[@jamit2u]

I do weekly Florida produce runs I’ve seen drivers asking the loaders to translate for them when they are looking for directions. Also on I81 between Watertown and Whitney Point many hazmat loads are the same

[@luissias157]

I was talking to drivers with B1 in Dallas Tx and they say they don't bring license plates, they don't pay IFTA, they don't pay tolls, they don't pay annual inspection, they don't speak English, they don't bring ELD, they don't enter weigth stations. etc etc etc WTF…

[@sword-and-shield]

It proves an "agenda" by the Government

[@germanlopez9448]

only the american driver is being oppressed by the rules and regulations being forced on us by the dot and fmcsa.

[@javierhugovaldezofficialch8417]

The BI driver you talked to is probably laughing his butt off. You see there is no such thing as a COMMERCIAL vehicle without a license plate, as a matter of fact, they normally have 2. Drivers don't pay IFTA because their company pays it. They are just drivers and they don't mess with permits. Every truck that hauls fright has to have a US DOT number. ITS THE FREAKING LAW.

[@sword-and-shield]

@@javierhugovaldezofficialch8417 You are wrong on all accounts, and I have SEEN it with my own eyes. Sure everything you said is the way it is "suppose" to be, but you are clearly clueless to what "Outlaw" trucking is, and it has been going on since when I came into the game in 93. I have seen no plate trucks, with drivers in the seat with no CDL's, with boss's that had no authority, its not new by any means. Its just now, its the norm.

[@javierhugovaldezofficialch8417]

​@@sword-and-shield Thank you for the BS. Haha So you see a truck with no plates on the road, then you stop them and ask for their driver's license. I'm assuming you ask everyone on the road that has no plates if they are Mexican # 1 Then you ask them if they have a driver's license # 2 They reply, "NO I HAVE NO DRIVERS LICENCE. I PASS ALL THE SCALES WITHOUT STOPPING .. I DON'T HAVE PREPASS BECAUSE I DON'T HAVE IFTA. I ALSO GET LOADS FROM BROKERS WITHOUT MY AUTHORITY. AND I VOTED FOR BIDEN WITHOUT MY BIRTH CERTIFICATE. So that is what they ALL TELL YOU? Who is clueless now? Do you even understand what you are saying because clearly, it doesn't seem that way? I won't be answering any more responses from you as that would make me an even greater as for wasting my time on ridiculous and make-believe stories coming from you. You have such a great life. Go and enjoy your life. Thank God every day for what you have because there are many who wish they had what you have. Life is beautiful don't go down the internet rabbit hole. Don't let anyone on the internet tell you HOW YOU SHOULD FEEL. Be angry because they are taking our jobs bla bla bla. Be angry because transgenders want to take over the Olympics. Be angry because our system of government is corrupt. Be your own man. Be happy because you are human and God didn't make us to be pissed at the world. Honestly bro. I will pray for you. If you feed your mind positive things you will become more positive and productive. It also works the other way around. Who knows, maybe I am clueless.

[@Francisco-po1cf]

There’s a reason why the government allowed this to happen. There’s always someone trying to take your job away. It could be the politicians, CEOs or a college student trying to create new technology.

[@jossa942]

Yea true

[@scottpeters4360]

Yup start with the polititian who gets elected with campaign money from special interests. Special interest are many and NOT we petty individual taxpayers. Its just how it works that is the system set up by the Lawyers(Lawmakers). Money talks the rest got nothing.. See "Citizens United" ... here>The court held 5-4 that the freedom of speech clause of the First Amendment prohibits the government (our representatives) from restricting independent expenditures for political campaigns by corporations, nonprofit organizations, labor unions, and other associations.(Soros and other anti American, Anti Capitalist Marxists. ) I

[@mydannyboy68]

Glad You're Having the courage to expose this stuff

[@JoseLuna-gs6bu]

Not only mexicans drivers doing this, the Canadians driver doing same thing .

[@MS-oz2wu]

Amen!!!!!!!! While we are destroyed they all are Enriched.

[@miguelangelalvarado5904]

Thank you for bringing the topic 🙏 they do something call cabotear ... Canadian driver do it too with overseas drivers ... companies like pam,swift and bouch of small fleets from laredo hire B1's

[@juancastillo1742]

This has been going on since NAFTA. Drivers fron CD. Juarez stay in El Paso and do local drop and hooks and pick ups all day before they go back to mexico.

[@manavgeetsingh6424]

Yes. That's exactly why trucking rates pay will never get better. Three countries are doing same loads Lastvyear a Canadian trucking company with revoked authority and no insurance was running fleet of 30 trucks In Usa. Delivering loads everyday ..i mean . they were not even authorized to run loads in usa.

[@paulchristie2118]

These are US labor law violations, why arent these carriers fined out of existence?

[@TrapBoiFuse561]

Do it in Canada 🇨🇦 watch what happens

[@karendarrenmclaren]

Capitalism

[@paulchristie2118]

@karendarrenmclaren these laws use to be inforced and there was much less of it

[@karendarrenmclaren]

@@paulchristie2118 that's the whole point of capitalism. Less regulations for more profits.

[@paulchristie2118]

@@karendarrenmclaren then it's certainly time to bring back enforcement of the law.

[@Ghost2MostS810]

I see you have an explanation for the Mexican drivers misusing the B-1, but PLEASE PLEASE explain to me the explosion of Indian drivers who can’t speak English (can’t communicate with DOT, etc.), can’t read English (can’t read the BOLs and road signs, etc.), and have 1 “licensed” guy with 2-3 other guys in the truck driving coast to coast nonstop under the guise of “training”. I speak a very small amount of Hindi, but I’ve heard some extremely shocking conversations between them that suggests some are forced to drive to pay off debts for being smuggled into the US. How is this going unnoticed by everyone? Please explain.

[@504youhoob]

Also the operation of a CMV not reading and speaking in English is illegal but they do not enforce. There needs too be ungodly fines and truck trailer load impounded for them finding this!

[@draganjevtic4068]

That's what is going on here in midwest .They run loads to Texas,California....Most of them have new equipment. I 24 in Napoleon Ohio is packed with them.

[@scatter-vision21]

it's true I've talked to a couple people in Arizona, Nevada and they used to sleep in a trucks in Fontana and also in Bloomington. Coming from Mexico.

[@Jerzeecanuck]

A driver told me that Schneider was busted doing this using Canadian drivers. It's not just a Mexico thing.

[@d.w.h4053]

But yet they do nothing

[@Jerzeecanuck]

@@d.w.h4053 Apparently Schneider's terminal in Canada was shutdown because of point to point violations.

[@ISACJONNY]

Swift does that as well, one day I was talking to a driver that works for swift transmex, he told me he goes all over the country, his salary still a Mexican salary. It was in 2021 what absurd. Glad you touched base about it

[@paulchristie2118]

Not entirely. There were companies put out of service for these violations .. the question is if it's known how are they getting away with this (who's getting the payoffs)

[@realmarjenkins7971]

Why do you never see the usual suspects pulled over by police on the highway? When I look into the cab of pulled over drivers they’re always American looking

[@kevinbresnahan3394]

I'm pretty sure the cops are told to stand down and leave them run wild on OUR highways. Calculated chaos.

[@gerardogomez7775]

They paying them .30 cents a mile. I know a owner at truck was in CA and he tells me there's been a lot of Mexican drivers showing up that don't even speak English.

[@MS-oz2wu]

God help us, the phrase. But the Bible says God helps those who help themselves!!! Our government has betrayed us & supported the invasion of our nation going back to 1973!

[@TruckerBill0531]

Middle eastern and Russians doing this as well

[@scudfarcus4343]

You mention only Mexico in the title. But in fact, the problem is much, much broader. Carriers from Canada have been doing this for quite some time now, and it's been going on for decades involving drivers from all over the world, particularly eastern Europe, India Pakistan middle east and recently Africa. Some of them even come over on a student Visa but never ever enroll in any school.

[@travisjones7751]

Congress should do something about this

[@kajg4236]

Yea hold on let them stop making millions on under the table stock trades to pay attention to this 😂 they don't give a fuuuu

[@sasapopadic384]

😂😂😂😂😂😂, never did and never will

[@trashawnjackson5956]

We need to be the voice so they will listen.

[@RomeoUrsu-fy9qo]

As long O/O are eating each other alive every single day….nothing will be done ever. So Congress won’t act since O/O has almost zero representation in trucking industry….many don’t even want to spend $50 per year for a membership in a trucking organization….I’m talking about a meal for 2…a cheaper meal 😂😂😂😂😂 $50 freaking bucks….but they are crying about losing everything….including their families with divorce. But they are willing to work 14 hours shift for free….so interesting this truckers.

[@Always_sojourning]

congress is impotent.

[@tommywalker1631]

You channel is the best educational tool I've found I trucking.ive been driving for 10 years. And learned in 2weeks of binge watching your videos

[@darylb5564]

If a few government officials that are turning a blind eye to this activity went to prison this would stop. I’ve been to Laredo and that place is a trip. The government knows exactly who’s doing what.

[@Always_sojourning]

I am a retired flat bed driver, For the two years before I retired in 2018 It was common to see a driver who could not speak English Come in and hand the shipper or the receiver a phone, He would speak to the person on the phone in English than hand the phone back To the driver, The driver Would then speak to the person on the phone, Usually in an eastern dialect, Russian ,etc; Then hand the phone back to the receiver or shipper, Who would talk to the person on the phone in English. I mean.....?

[@David-t4m8m]

Yea they still do that

[@sword-and-shield]

Yup, last year a driver ahead of me at the shipper didn't even understand "May I see your license please"

[@chrisbelsito4231]

Absolutely sickening!!!!!

[@dionholloway982]

So if he can’t speak English you know that he can read it!! What does that say about our government who claim to push so hard on safety within the transportation industry!!! How safe could you possibly be if you’re on the road and can’t read the traffic signs? You might as well be blind..

[@kevinbresnahan3394]

And that was 6 plus years ago, it's not safe to drive on the roads now with them. Never has a country been taken over so easily without a fight as the USA has. Be glad you got your work in and are out now. Good luck.

[@mohammadbaranishooli218]

Thank you for all hard working to keep us updated

[@donmiguel3790]

FYI: many years have passed since the FMCSA regulation under Part 391.11(b)(2) was downgraded from an OOS (out-of-service) vio to a minor vio for English Fluency (reading sufficient English & speaking it.) This regulation was initiated due to 911. Officials didn't want to lose time communicating with or detouring foreign drivers when & if there was a HAZMAT related incident, or even just to ask if they were hauling HAZMAT if they stopped a CMV. The criteria is in an FMCSA pamphlet and the test is open to interpretation by each official, but the FMCSA offers basic guidelines of the test as it relates to trucking inspection, road symbols, and questions about what is your name; who do you work for; what are you hauling; what is your destination; & the like.🤔

[@raymondperdigone7870]

You're forgetting about the Canadian drivers that come into this country on Mass

[@Mario-nu2df]

How about the drivers from Canada ? They do the same thing

[@suiu.32]

All company's that have 20+ trucks does this.

[@javierhugovaldezofficialch8417]

Great show. Love to hear your opinions. I have been a truck driver in the trucking business and import-export since the '90s in Laredo. The ups and downs of freight have always existed, even before the B1 drivers. I remember when we first blamed the brokers when they entered the market and drove down the rates. Later, we blamed the owner-operators for taking cheap loads, which undercut the big companies with significant overhead during the economic collapse. I don't believe the B1 drivers are the cause of the cheap rates at all, but they are a good scapegoat. It all boils down to what you said in your last show. We still have a huge surplus of trucks that came in during the golden time of COVID-19. Everyone wanted in. I am confident that all will bounce back up again like it always has, but not necessarily with a supercharged comeback like during COVID-19.

[@Pompy_silver]

Biased response; good look waiting on the bounce back cause your competition with b1 drivers that are getting paid 250 - 400 dollars a week.

[@19ebenezer77]

Next time you're in a truck stop on the I5 in California, see how many mexican trucks with double plates from Texas and mexico there is.

[@WPRJersey]

Thank you. You are a great ambassador for the industry

[@johnbarclay3788]

As a Company Driver, the problem I'm running into is trucking companies buying up short haul runs with a live load on either or both ends a forcing drivers to take those loads at base rates. Effectively, they are running their trucks at 1500 miles per week while generating revenue like they are running double or triple the miles but with half the expenses, while their drivers are starving. Not a Win/Win Scenario. Next, these Trucking Companies who need drivers are assisting in their own financial suicides by eliminating drivers from consideration because of too many employers who overpromised & underdelivered or who actually terminated an employee who complained about the low miles & pay, because they knew many competitors wouldn't hire those drivers who had been terminated. Additionally, MegaCarriers with extra trucks are hiring drivers like crazy, knowing they can't keep those drivers profitable. They are Effectively taking Chess Pieces off the Board, because anyone sitting in their trucks starving or who have been Effectively Blacklisted can't compete against them with other companies.

[@pauleck455]

How about all the Canadian trucks I see. Are they all legal? In the upper Midwest it seems like half the trucks are running Canadian license plates.

[@jk6854]

I saw two tractor trailers going up the palisades parkway. autos only.

[@jimyguerra8550]

This has been going on in the oil industry for the last 10 years or more but it's just new to the dry van, reefer or flatbed division.

[@jesterofatlas5749]

Canada drivers and companies do it too

[@trucksmuguler]

I saw in the news couple days ago that theres a new iniciative from usa or mexico o both to open the border to trucks south of the border for those company that have the criteria

[@davidofthemeadow]

It’s true, I’ve talked to drivers in Laredo that told me that they are only allowed to bring trailers over then they go right back. But I also spoke to another Mexican driver that told me he goes all over the country which surprised me considering that first guy told me that he wasn’t permitted to do that. Im Mexican American, my Spanish has an accent to it so Mexicans can tell right away that I’m American. The second driver who told me that he goes all over the country shared that info with me in a “you are not better than me, I go all over the place too” type of attitude. Which came out of left field for me. Uh ok??

[@TruckingMadeSuccessful]

Wowzers. But at the end of the day, you cant blame the folks on B-1 visas, it's the carriers that allow this. From the comments I see that this is not just a huge issue, but it's also a "we won't hide the fact that we are doing this" situation. Unbelievable!

[@Prodigal1]

I’ve mentioned this in comments on your previous videos but concentrated my invasion comments on the most recent influx of Euros brought over to fill the mythical driver shortage and of course many of them Illinois based are misclassifying employees as 1099 contractors to dodge taxes and benefits that a carrier is required to pay with a W-2 employee. I have stated for years that not only are Canadian carriers violating cabotage laws but that they should stay in their own country and drop in a border zone like Mexican carriers previously were all required to do. NAFTA was such an American job killer and wage suppressor that it wasn’t until TRUMP’s presidency that it got renegotiated to make it more “fair” for the US. I remember roughly 20 years ago I and a French speaking Canadian Fed Ex Contractor were brought into a Nebraska state scale for a level 1 inspection and since the DOT officer couldn’t communicate with the Fed Ex contractor driver because he couldn’t or wouldn’t speak English so instead of putting him OOS let him go and then settled on tying me up for 30 minutes because a “no Hables” excuse wouldn’t work for me. It’s like you summarized, it’s not just one thing but a combination of stupidity , incompetence and outright criminal behavior by politicians, bureaucrats and industry bad apples! I am not sure I will live long enough to ever see you get it wrong, Miranda 😂!

[@carlosescobedo3509]

I live in Cd Juarez Mx on the other side of El Paso Tx and this is common among Navajo, MVT, Pam all of them are hiring the Mexican drivers.

[@williamrobinson6680]

You've gotta love this industry. Literally fascinating to "enjoy" the entertainment, laughing to keep from crying. The height of irony. The industry of strict rules, operating with NO rules.

[@oscarrios218]

LOL we need to take a field day and see how many B1 driver there is and how many African, Russian, and Hindu "drivers" there is and also how many actually have a real license

[@deborahibrahim8419]

The trucking Liability insurance must be very cheap in Mexico compared to the US... NJ's govenor a few weeks ago increased 750 K Liability to 1.5 Million Liability... What states now will follow through now?... ... It's a simple guess!!!

[@Inc-rs4dx]

What would hapen if there is an accident involving b1 visa driver hauling load in the USA? What is the insurance?

[@TruckingMadeSuccessful]

Good question! I will look that up

[@javierhugovaldezofficialch8417]

@@TruckingMadeSuccessful The answer is simple. Every single trucking company entering the US, whether from Mexico or Canada, must comply with Department of Transportation rules and regulations. One of them is that you must be insured with a minimum of $750,000 in liability coverage and 100,000 in cargo to operate.

[@germanlopez9448]

there may not be enough coverage.

[@javierhugovaldezofficialch8417]

@@germanlopez9448 That is not the Mexican or Canadian company's fault. That is the minimum required by law. The US Law.

[@whiteliontransportation5516]

This has been a big problem for years !!!!!

[@tross44]

Another problem I can see this causing is these drivers can’t read the signs that are in English. We’ve had several issues in the last year in my area where trucks getting stuck under low bridges or crossing bridges where trucks were restricted. All those driver didn’t speak a lick of English

[@aldobricenio6753]

What about those swift drivers they can speak read and write English but can not drive 😂

[@RogelioSanchez-cx3ll]

Mesilla Valley Transportation, PAM and Swift are the worse ones

[@Driver_Safe.]

I work out of Laredo. They are all over the place ,speeding and driving reckless.

[@Steve-g3f]

probably way Amazon rates have dropped significantly since winter of 2023.

[@Wasupup]

Carriers hiring illegal drivers. There I fixed your headline.

[@juanjuan6959]

Here is something that Mexican companies do in Laredo or any border cross points. A Mexican resident driver brings a load across. He will unload or drive it to a receiver anywhere in the USA. If unloaded at border cross point the Mexican drivers will pick up loads up and transport the new load anywhere in the U. Mexican drivers will work for about 90 days at a time as team drivers. The driver cross into Mexico for a week or two and start all over again. And here is an open secret. ELDs...or controlled by in Mexico. Driving hours NEVER run out.

[@puonjairo777]

Didn’t know that 😮

[@markdavidson7941]

I “stop” at the Border patrol inspection station on I-35 northbound and get asked if I am a us citizen. Why not actually do something real at this already established check point and require papers to show we are legal to continue into the country? Seems like we need to make some noise about this so politicians must respond!

[@zaintgonemad]

B1 drivers can drive deep into the us legaly but they are to A, deadhead to Mexico. B. Load at the same at the warehouse they are delivering and go back to Mexico

[@kj30kj]

Keep up the good work and keep us informed because information that you give us is important

[@donmiguel3790]

Check and complain more. Some B1 (LF) drivers make as much per mile as a CDL driver. This income supercedes that of what a doctor or dentist makes in Mexico. The clincher: the B1 guys aren't obtaining ITIN numbers and paying federal U.S. income taxes. Some are hired by a third party in Mexico, then leased out to a U.S. company. Others are hired directly by a U.S. double-plated trucking company as a 1099 or cash only paid driver. The IRS is losing out on millions of dollars of revenue! Another clincher: there's no nationwide database to perform an MVR on a Licencia Federal driver. An LF driver with multiple citations can be allowed to drive by an insurance & trucking company because their record looks clean. Yet, a CDL driver with 1 or 2 citations can be prohibited to drive under the same insurance company and truck company. Not fair!

[@mattsworld17]

What about the Indians with work visas and government subsidies

[@treyfeeley2519]

Thanks for the info! I have suspected this type of behavior for quite sometime. Again, there is nothing we can do about it!

[@adamschammel6366]

Scott Lynn has been doing it for decades here in Florida

[@dionholloway982]

We can talk about the what’s and the whys all day!! But until the American people come together and take a stand against government, situations like this will only get worse!! All American drivers need to do is stop driving.. park your trucks!!! Company drivers as well!! Let the illegals haul it.. we have to figure out away to get their attention. Outside of complaining about brokers and shippers, we don’t stick together with anything…And it’s said because this is the results of a divided nation..

[@d.w.h4053]

Well said

[@joedavies2272]

I think that's naive to think that's all we have to do. The US is flooded with illegals from the north and south. Hell, the Mexican border is seeing more global illegals than ever before. What needs to happen is holding EVERY company that hires these drivers accountable. That and deporting them. Unfortunately there is no magic bullet to undo what's happening

[@taspats8701]

What about Canadian trucking companies working in US market?

[@ralphmacias983]

Thank God you talking about problem today my pick up in city of Industry Ca 6 truck with mexico license plates there loading fright to Arizona location $600 driver makes $100 there a wearing there dog tags. Have pictures ?????

[@ahmedsami9627]

Can you talk about Canada drivers and carriers ..!!! it’s farce when you driving and see 4-5 trucks with Ontario plates and 1 truck US plate 😡😡😡😡😡

[@Pompy_silver]

All days long; they stay for months doing instate loads before heading. All they have to do is revise the bol pu location. SOMETHING HAS TO DONE ABOUT THIS! Because even a third would country wouldn’t allow this. This is pathetic.

[@adventureswithhurt8195]

I seen this a lot in Illinois and Michigan. Truck stop was full of Canada trucks

[@ahmedsami9627]

@@adventureswithhurt8195 You are right Even in Missouri matthews and Texas And they accept all cheap offers because 100US$ = 133can$

[@borisscepanovic1684]

As soon as you see Ontario,CA. on the door of the truck you know for sure that particular truck is running interstate.

[@Pompy_silver]

Crazy how this stupid industry isn’t regulated. I wouldn’t be surprised if 30% of all the drivers are doing this all while legit American companies are going bankrupt left and right. I’m sure they aren’t even aware of this because if so they would lobby the politicians to eliminate this.

[@dandavenport4565]

Excellent video. I've been wondering about this topic for a while

[@TruckerFred]

FMCSA should step in and regulate dispatch companies.

[@kajg4236]

I see ads on instagram everyday saying "need qualified drivers for fraction of the cost" we will help you out. They state how they have 100s of drivers from mexico ready to work. Funny how they run blitz week and harass american carriers while these guys run lawless with all deleted engines balding tires and no english speaking skills.

[@JM-ml3ch]

Eventually we all will compete on par and see our worldwide worth.

[@travisfyne9316]

Well it is a global economy

[@hell_pike9150]

I'm sure the FBI will get right on this

[@draganjevtic4068]

These with Ontario places, half of them are illegally operating in USA . Brokers are hiring them, fake BOL

[@draganjevtic4068]

Plates

[@lphenterprisesllc7286]

That’s been going on since 2008 celadon was the king of that back in the day!!

[@joedavies2272]

What about companies like Swift aka Trans Mex and having those drivers all over the US running freight? Is that legal?

[@jimmesser2025]

I’m a driver and have seen Mexican tagged trucks all over the US

[@geraldthompson7749]

Yup So Have I

[@BigDog-oi5ls]

The federal government needs to step up and shut those companies down and fine them big money

[@TruckingTendencies]

2:49 employers taking majority of that cut not that driver.

[@Pompy_silver]

Right on they only pay them 250 - 400 per week

[@danf6975]

Canadian do this a lot also

[@rubenservin4039]

That is why some local companies have grown. Its real and true. I live on the border and it's true.

[@jackrabbit4383]

Another time I was leaving Laredo tx at 06:00 from our boarder terminal with a brand new truck and trailer thinking .the tx highway patrol sitting in the median..I thought he would not stop me for inspection....he did. He literally tod me during the inspection he picked certain carriers with new trucks from the US...he laughed when he said this .... the Mexican trucks are a menace ihe had a quata to do if he stopped to many Mexican trucks he had to work harder..call the boarder patrol..tow trucks. Etc .😅😅😅😊

[@Topo-l4z]

In texas dps amd border patrol will both go to the trucking companys if 1 driver is pulled over with a international license

[@Kfred718]

I see them all the time with double tags on the bumper

[@mashhurbekyusupov9043]

I guess best practice is that that incoming guest should leave the country in 72 hours and same driver enterer should hold for 48 hours from leaving. The border

[@ec3489]

Canadians too.

[@tmorales7674]

Hey Miranda you think the new nafta deal has to do with it??? Because since trump signed the new deal I started seeing a lot of trucks with 2 tags on them

[@TruckingMadeSuccessful]

Apparently this has been an issue for 15 years

[@michaelsomerville9286]

I live in Mexico and believe me you’re smoking some pretty good legal green stuff if you think that Mexican binacional drivers are getting 1400 per week. Not happening. Try closer to 700 per week. I got 1400 per week sometimes when I worked for a Mexican company but that was only because I actually had a US based CDL and could work cabotage free. Incidentally, although I have a Mexican drivers license for cars and live in Mexico, because I had a CDL I was never allowed to take any load’s across the border to Mexico. The company had a terminal an hour away from my house. But nope. I had to drive my car to the US

[@gavnonadoroge3092]

@michaelsomerville9286 so if you have usa based cdl, you can't drive a truck in mexico?

[@michaelsomerville9286]

Well technically a US resident or citizen can. But since I am a Mexican resident I am prohibited by the Mexican government because they require me to have the binacional, which is Mexicos version of the CDL that is subject to all the exact laws and regulations that a US CDL or Canadian commercial license is. But if I have that then I would be considered to be doing cabotage in the US even though I am a US citizen

[@evaelena]

I respect what you said in the video, but I think some points are not entirely accurate. I think truck drivers working with a B1 visa is not illegal, and there are no specific regulations on how much truck drivers must be paid.. Low freight rates might push carriers to adopt various strategies to manage expenses, including hiring drivers willing to work for less. This isn’t illegal; it’s a response to market conditions.

[@EduardoSilva-xe3gp]

It becomes illegal when the driver works and moves freight within the US territory not an import or an export load ( you may know what I'm talking about) and yes it contributes to the cheap freight it may not be the main reason but it sure helps some brokers out there to pay crappie rates, they should eliminate the program all together, cross the merchandise to the USA and we take care of the rest, American trucking companies and drivers make all the profit not transnational trucking companies and B1 🤨

[@redmesa2975]

It’s the same regulations for Canadian companies too. They can only bring Canadian goods into the US, or US goods back to Canada.

[@evaelena]

@@EduardoSilva-xe3gp You’re right, it becomes illegal when B-1 visa drivers haul domestic freights within the U.S.B1 visa is for cross-border . I don't believe employers would risk hiring drivers with B-1 visas for domestic work when H-2B visas are available and legal for that purpose.

[@jackrabbit4383]

One backed into my truck in a truckstop in2004 tearing my hood up a rain storm..they tried to drive off I chase them down...in the state police car there was 2 foreign team drivers from Bolivia one barely spoke English the other spoke none the police officer alabama state police asked me if I spoke Spanish if could interpret for them😅

[@puonjairo777]

B1 drivers are good getting pay .17 cpm. Can’t beat that pay

[@Justice4truckerscom]

What currency is being paid to the b-1 visas?

[@TruckingMadeSuccessful]

Good question, I am not sure

[@Goal-2-Go]

I enjoy your analysis on this subject but you're missing the wider spectrum here. The real subject should be the amount of immigrants coming to this country either illegally or legally and then saturating the trucking industry.. as we both agree there is an over capacity of drivers.. this is # solely# due to the massive influx of immigrants, illegal or not into the trucking industry... The government is to blame in a large part because of all the years they've been saying there's a trucker shortage when there was not.. Trucking companies have given false information to the government for years in order to saturate the market with cheap drivers.. trucking companies where recruiting outside of the US frequently in the last decade..not only do they have more drivers to choose from, but they can pay less.. you will notice in the past 2 years that the starting wage of trucking companies has gone down between 5 and 8%.. this is in a relatively moderate to high inflation environment.. some trucking companies have asked for significant wage reductions from their drivers.. insurance companies are now mandating AI inside facing cameras or they (the trucking client) will be dropped.. they also have a role to play in this fiasco.. safety standards are becoming more rigid for new hires due to the fact that there are now so many drivers in the pool.. the ATA is promoting more safety which would involve experienced drivers being dropped out of the market and replaced with fresh immigrants with clean new driving records disregarding whether or not they can speak English or are used to driving on American roads.. Countries like Australia protect their citizens from this type of behavior by having a government list of the occupations needing to be filled in the country.. if your occupation is not on the list then you do not immigrate then unless you have around a quarter million dollars.. you will just have to wait..

[@sword-and-shield]

She is not missing any "specturm" Your are just missing the vid discussing it

[@naonatsteel44]

Mesilla valley. Cough cough

[@puonjairo777]

Yeap

[@kazithecanecorso2724]

Que que, no hablo

[@fredgrover6311]

I do not like what is going on with and has been for many years with this B-1 Visa BS. Unfortunately the Government does not care about the laws they made or the American People. The Companies that are doing this are breaking the law. So, how does this get fixed and corrected in the US ? Well, in my opinion all of the Owner Operators and Company Owners that are not involved with this B-1 Visa Game should allow all of their drivers along with Owner Operators to stand up to our Government and show these Government Officials who truly pay their wages which are the American People. Until we all ban together it will never change and the Government will always get richer while we get poorer. Anyone else have a take on this and what I said ? It is becoming a sad situation here in the USA and I am a Veteran who is not happy with our Government and allowing these illegal things to go on and not protecting our Borders or doing what is right for the American people that put them in power. They are masters of taking the focus off of what they are doing and creating chaos and fighting among us all. Just my views and opinions. And Miranda thanks for this very informative video and what you do. Keep up the great work.