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

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

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

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

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.

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!

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.

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.

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?

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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…

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.

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.

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.

Middle eastern and Russians doing this as well

Congress should do something about this

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.

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

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

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!

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

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

Glad You're Having the courage to expose this stuff

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.

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

Mesilla Valley Transportation, PAM and Swift are the worse ones

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

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

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

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.....?

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 😂!

What about the Indians with work visas and government subsidies

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.

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

Canada drivers and companies do it too

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.

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 😡😡😡😡😡

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.

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.

Thank you for all hard working to keep us updated

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.

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)

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.

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.

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

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

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

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.

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.

Thank you. You are a great ambassador for the industry

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

Mesilla valley. Cough cough

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

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.🤔

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??

I'm sure the FBI will get right on this

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..

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

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

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.

I saw Chinese driver fueling busses in va

What about Canadian trucking companies working in US market?

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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

Canadian do this a lot also

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.

Scott Lynn has been doing it for decades here in Florida

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

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

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..

PEACE AND BLESSINGS TO YOU MY FRIEND FOR EXPOSING THE WRONGS THAT ARE BEING DONE WITH TRUCKING 😂😂

Dot is a worthless government joke

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

Thank you Mr Biden

I have a question for you. You said in your previous video that flat bed rates were at like 2.35 per mile. The DAT board is showing flat bed rates at 2.66 a mile. So which is correct?

Hello Miranda from N.Carolina 👋

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

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 ?????

FMCSA should step in and regulate dispatch companies.

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

I believe it too

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

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 .😅😅😅😊

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

NAFT is a joke from day one

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

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

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😅

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

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!!!

Hello Miranda, 😊.

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.