NAFTA Truckers

Photo from U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

This NYT article follows two truckers – one a Mexican national and one a naturalized U.S. citizen, both from the same Mexican city. It covers the rules laid out in NAFTA regarding the roles each can play in the hauling of Mexican goods to points inside the United States. Notably, it’s accompanied by truly lovely photography.

The article may be of particular interest to those immprofs using the Legomsky & Rodriguez casebook. If you’re using Problems 1 & 2 on page 371 of the 6th ed. that follow the Bricklayers case (you know those cabotage goodies), this article might help you flesh out the arguments regarding the hauling of goods in the United States. Sure, the NYT piece is about NAFTA and the problems cover B visas, but in terms of getting the underlying policy arguments to the fore, it’s a great read.

-KitJ