Illegal Immigration And Trucking: What The Heck Is Going On?! 

This is a FMCSA issue. Period ! They have been allowing interpreters to help with written exams and testing for non English speaking individuals. This is against their own guidelines. I experienced an incident first hand. Got called in the scale house to see paperwork. While the gentleman helping me, a non English speaking individual pulled onto the scale. The woman at the scale window spoke clearly over the speaker for the driver to pull up. He didn't. He didn't understand. She then went outside and motioned him forward. Came back inside, and the said over the speaker, next axle. He didn't move again. At this time, the gentleman helping me spole up and said just let him go on. She went outside and motioned for him to go on. With that being said, the language barrier has become a real issue but works in the non English speaking individuals favor. He gets to go on down the road, no questions ask. While me, an American citizen whom speaks English and is running a legit company is being questioned. These scale houses should walk outside and ask then to read this card, and if they can't, park it and suspend their license. Period. It has to stop. This is way out of control and is killing the trucking industry. Rates, insurance, everything. Lawsuits need to be filed against the fmcsa and every state who has issued cdl licenses to non English speaking individuals. It is a crime. Hold some people accountable

No insurance, no authority and even no license plate and they don't get pulled over

Drivers on the road should be able to speak,read the English in order to be safe on America's highway and interstate

I live in Colorado. Glad you addressed the truck crash. These situations need to be spotlighted more. A non English speaker came up to me at the fuel island this week. He Pointed to his load, then called the receiver. Handed me the phone ! Whaaaat !!! I have to explain to the receiver what was going on. They found a Spanish speaker to talk to the driver. I handed the phone back to him, then left. Bizarre, just bizarre !

Good job! Keep it up. Your channel is going to be #1.

A man from Ukraine backed into my truck while I was sleeping at a truck stop..he had a new jersey license a truck tagged from Georgia and a trailer tagged from Montana and insurance from progressive insurance...I called progressive insurance a few hours later when they opened and they said there was no record of this person..

A lot of farms near me use South African workers on the farm driving semi's but they are plated with farm tags which doesn't require a cdl.

Representative Republic. WE voted for this. The first president of the Republican Party, said this: "At what point then is the approach of danger to be expected? I answer, if it ever reach us, it must spring up amongst us. It cannot come from abroad. If destruction be our lot, we must ourselves be its author and finisher. As a nation of freemen, we must live through all time, or die by suicide." -Abraham Lincoln

Very interesting insight and I enjoy seeing your opinion and perspective on this topic this was a great and interesting video! Thank you!

80% of US agriculture businesses run on illegal or semi-legal immigrant labor. This is the reality and it's by design. Illegal farm trucking is a tiny portion of this industry.

There's a huge difference from the sacrifices you made to become a legal immigrant and citizen, and all the millions of illegal immigrants storming our southern borders! Thanks also for all the great information on your channel!

I feel if a worker is here legally they should have the opportunity to work at a fair wage so that it does not drive down wages for all of us. If they are illegal and driving a semi that's grossly irresponsible for the owner who hires them.

They say as many as 30,000,000 people have entered this country illegally in the last four years, thats going to have a huge impact on a lot of different job sectors and states

I agree, and I love watching all of your videos

Miranda you are so informative ❤

Sound is 👌👌👌🤌🙂 really appreciate that. Thank you.

Illegal drivers and carriers are a dime a dozen here in Los Angeles.

It's the companies that hire them. Immigrants don't have the money to but their own truck. Fine the shit out of the Company!!

🙄 illegal immigrants don't hire themselves, just saying. Might want to bring up the companies, or company names next time. Great job as always!

If I work in a 3rd world country and have no visa you go to jail and you have to find your own way back yoy don't get a ticket back home . You get banned for years to come again why doesn't that happen here if you don't have a work permit

As always they are trying to find ways to drive us small companies out so they can have only 4 or 5 Maga carriers. That's why Oregon is doing it. Illegal immigration is a problem but our biggest problem is when our government allows foreign companies to come in and haul cheap freight. Just in the past 3 weeks I've seen trucks from Mexico as far as Chicago and Detroit. Another issue is companies that have operating authority in the US and Canada bring drivers down and they haul freight all over the country when they are supposed to haul in and haul straight out. I've talked to many drivers over the years that have done this. Thank you for all you are doing. We appreciate it. Have a blessed one

Biggest challenge and problem we have, is Mexican truckers supposedly allow to go 50 miles over the Mexican border, going all the way to Maine, where i found one with American and Mexican plates in his truck, asking for a truckstop to sleep, i do speak some Spanish and he told me to be very proud to be "helping" american colleagues for two years now, driving freight all over the place in the US. He told me to be earning $500 going from Tijuana to Maine and back, go figure. Who controls foreign drivers crossing the border? How much taxes they pay in the US? How many of them are doing that in the US? How many US drivers are paying for this fiasco? Laws? For who?.

It's been 3 months, I'm a CDL with tanker and HAZMAT endorsement holder, and I knocked on 18 trucking companies' doors to get a job, There are no openings anywhere, and illegals from other third-world countries occupied some of the positions, OMG what happened to this world-dominant USA? Han pasado 3 meses, soy un CDL con camión cisterna y titular de endoso HAZMAT, y llamé a las puertas de 18 empresas de transporte para conseguir un trabajo. No hay vacantes en ninguna parte, y algunos de los puestos los ocuparon ilegales de otros países del tercer mundo. Dios mío, ¿qué pasó con estos Estados Unidos dominantes en el mundo?

Hello Miranda. I am so glad to hear your opinion in regard to this post. I can only speak for myself. I feel that we need legal immigration. It helps all in favor of looking to better their lives and start a new, but it also helps the markets with new available talent. My concern is what it is projecting to those coming here legally. Folks that come here legally have a process and cost they have to agree with to vet and process. Those coming here illegally more or less skipping the line to keep it simple and not be vetted. It's tarnishing the process and, more or less, saying screw the system, we will take what we want with no regard to our system. I believe there are bigger gains in play here that we are overlooking. Those who stand to gain!

The immigration door finally has to be close forever. I dont need that kind of labor no more and its a problem that’s gets worst and worst, there enough already. I think

It used to be that companies would responsibly hire foreign workers for seasonal jobs, but now temp agencies, in their infinite wisdom, are flooding the market with tens of thousands of foreign truck drivers over the past 15 years. We've gone from hiring drivers mostly from Mexico and Spanish-speaking regions to now scraping the bottom of the barrel from all over the world. Most of these drivers are being abused, overworked, unpaid, and essentially held hostage under the constant threat of deportation. This is a huge issue for American companies that are actually trying to make money from decent freight rates. It’s decimating jobs for American drivers. Predictably, this will lead to more accidents and numerous unreported issues. Let's not forget the massive monopolies formed by a handful of large brokers and carriers who dominate shipping contracts, taking wholesale freight contracts and then reselling them to the market at much cheaper rates to maximize their profits. It’s absolutely terrifying to think that unlicensed truck drivers are speeding down highways with 80,000-pound loads at 75 miles per hour. Everyone’s life is just a second away from being endangered. If they insist on importing foreign drivers, the least they could do is ensure proper training. Many people are dying in horrific accidents daily because of this reckless situation. Meanwhile, insurance rates are skyrocketing, becoming utterly unaffordable for smaller carriers. Bravo to the masterminds behind this mess.

Salute to you Ms. Info. Is this what the market is bringing us to?

#Massdeportation this is all so that a certain party can get votes. my best friend's grandmother has been in line for 24 years to come here the right way, but they get to jump the line because they don't know how to follow the rules and they don't get punished, that driver was deported 16 times and can still get a job here! The politicians who's job it is to protect us should be held accountable, they should pay out of their own pocket for the Lankin Riley's of our country. The community of 200,000 illegals just outside of Dallas to offset the Dallas republican voters should be an act of sedition by the politicians that let it happen. Now crime in the surrounding area is up over 200%.

First off, I’m glad that you immigrated here, and I feel that we should take it as an honor that people want to do that!! Welcome home!! For the topic of your video, I want to thank you for bringing this issue to light! There are never enough voices to talk about this, we need to force congress to listen to these stories!! Well done, thank you!

All immigrants should be as industrious and contributing as you. Unfortunately there are those like the killer/driver who take advantage of our lax immigration laws and end up causing innocent people grief. Glad you are here...

I love how you use the proper terms of legal and illegal. That says it all.

The problem with Oregon is that if it passes, it will be picked up by all the Megas to justify paying drivers less and then, it will trickle down to all carriers! Many carriers here who are owned by foreigners will be in the best position to survive this downturn because, their equipment is paid for and they have no expenses!

We have to many drivers and a lack of good paying driving jobs !

You should check the produce market up here in PA, NJ and NY. The most of the fully legal carriers have been force to move to other types of freight or even close down because we have a couple of mexican-owned companies that have taken over. Drivers with no cdl’s, trucks that are copies (running multiple trucks with the same titles, registration and plates) and even running fully with no type of insurance.

I’m American citizen ,and love my country honestly. came here 25 yrs ago I been waiting and under process 5 yrs how come somebody jumped in the line and mess up everything common something wrong. Be clear legally and illegally , illegally can not coughed up the life in America . Period.

Im barely working enough to get the bills paid. They cant tax me when i dont work. 😂

Good report

Hi Miranda ur doing g awesome, got to say don't have nothing against immigrants that earn their way to be legal workers but there are some people who take advantage of this and what happens is that they'll take super cheap loads and still make money and that's a major problem in this industry carriees should be more regulated so this doesn't happen. There are too many with does visas ruined the industry, keep it up and have and extraordinary awesome weekend 🎉🎉

Hi! Thank you so much for what you do on this channel. I have learned so much from you. I have a question: I haul agriculture products. I have H2a drivers. If I have gravel brought back to my yard (where trucks park at and where ranch is) is this illegal?

Soon all the jobs will be open to anybody from everywhere doctors pilots police officers......

I hope you see my question or if you made another video that is please send it to me. When you’re leasing on to a carrier, what should be in the contract? Should it just be that you’re leasing on or should all the small details being in there like the percentage, etc.

You rock!

I am pretty sure Oregon is in the wrong but that could just be my bias...it's hard to think of them doing "the right thing" just for the principle of it. There's either a social justice agenda or a financial one involved. I'd need a lot more information not to be totally sus. And I believe most educated American citizens do understand that, unless they are from an indigenous background, they're descended from immigrants. We are in very tough financial times and a lot of folks just cross the line between cost cutting and crime.

Thats not the only issue. Non licensed drivers lacking cdls are being allowed to drive and when the police find them they are told from their superiors to let them go.

Straight out fact, the trucking workforce is being transformed into a third world workforce. There is no one, or anything, that is going to stop this change. Do not be some fool caught out, prepare now. Over saturation of drivers and or trucks will continue, this allows the rates to permanently stay low. This is one of the main reasons for the transformation of the industry to third world workforce. Get it while you can boys, and girls...its coming to an end....thx for the vid as always.

We are California Carrier. Last year, another company driver hit our truck, so we exchanged insurance and driver's license information with the other driver. Fortunately, the damage wasn't severe, so we didn't have to report it. However, the important part is that we took a picture of the other driver's California-issued ID. Surprisingly, his last name said "No Given Name." Although the driver's license stated that the gentleman was 26 years old, based on his picture, he looked at least 45. We are competing against companies that constantly cheat the system.

The Punjabi, Ukrainians, and Russians in trucking is wild.

Anyone remember the highway watch program after 9 / 11 ? It was a partnership of the Dot and the ATA that was funded until 2011 and a few people made a very high level income for about nine years. Every foreign appearing person in a truck was to be under the highest level scrutiny for strange behavior or aggressive moves on the roads. Now they have flipped the script and allow these people to run wild with encouragement from the highest levels. 😂🤔🤯. Don't believe the evidence from your own eyes and ears was their final most essential command. The great replacement is a fact like the sun rises in the east and sets in the west.

Lets also consider, Miranda came here, she is adding value to our country with her videos, we all win

thank you for the video, good topic. the problem is the system that allows to do that, its not just the greedy people. the same thing with edited logs. everybody knows about them, everybody does that, because there are different different ways to roll more miles than you are initially suppoes to, but when a tragedy appears it's always the people to blame instead of the system/gov. all of the major bills that were accepted last year (the example - the mandatory speed-limiters for trucks) really were bills against us. i mean, it looks like they care, but they dont. and they do everything to make our lives harder, to reduce the number of ACTIVE drivers, to reduce the number of carriers/brokerages and to leave only, lets say, 10 major logistic companies that are fully automated, basically they won't need drivers, carriers and brokers in the future XD and they start this cleanse with overblowing the market of drivers, thats why they need an AD in Mass Media that there's a shortage of drivers, so a lot of people would lease a truck, so they already owe money to the banks/gov. and then you need to break the market, so there's a lot of reasons for the current situation. so we've got a lot of bankrupcies now. a lot of drivers are on negative now. now they owe the banks/gov. more. what was the anti-record for the past year? 2800 carriers in one week after a Thanksgiving day, wasnt it? do you think FMSCA doesn't know that Mexican and Canadian driver are driving all around the US? do you think FMCSA doesn't know that you can basically buy a CDL for $$$ in some states, or you can get one without knowing even BASIC ENGLISH? do you think FMSCA doesn't know that you can use a virtual address or you can make up some BS papers and you'll be able to open your own USDOT/MC, and you can do it from any part of the world. Who knows if they even pay taxes or not. There's really too much happening, I'm sure they know. But do we know that they know? And do we know that? Hm...

this has got to stop! this is a major league problem!

😮 okay so I'm going to comment on this if you want to talk about over capacity of trucks and if you want to talk about drivers taking low paying Freight and if you want to talk about illegal truck drivers what you ought to talk about is B1 and B2 Visa holders the United States Mexico and Canada trade agreement priorly known as NAFTA and how it allows Canadian and Mexican drivers to come into this country every day and bid on freight at a lower rate because they can take advantage of the currency exchange in their home countries how they are breaking the law by taking loads deep into the United States and then claiming they have to find a load back which puts them in the United States until they decide to choose to go home there is no way to hold them accountable and say well they could not find a load back to Canada or Mexico and they know it they come into the United States in the thousands every day and undercut our freight at the ports go to Seattle go to Portland go to Laredo McAllen Nogales San Diego Etc and you will find very very low Freight rates it's because they are coming into the United States with a load and finding a load to leave the area and they can undercut us then they go into the United States with that load and have to look for a load back and then they undercut us some more they have found loopholes in our policies in order to undercut every American trucking company and every time you see a Mexican or Canadian truck in the United States they are stealing jobs from American truck drivers and it's done on purpose because the highway patrol in California is legally supposed to stop them what has been ordered by the Department of Transportation in Washington to not do it we are being undercut by our Congress and the transportation committee on purpose and it begs the question why would they hurt Americans like that on purpose unless they are committing acts of terrorism against Americans if you really want to know why we have an over-capacity and why we're getting paid low rates and why we have illegals in this country look at the US mcsa for the prior NAFTA agreement and the rules and which it allows trucking companies to operate in the United States

I'm an immigrant turned immigrant turned citizen now trying to unturned my citizenship and I say I love this channel

I have no opinions anymore after the 2020 scheme I stopped having opinions. My only question is, do we even need politicians and government anymore? It seems to me all they ever do is destroy things and take our money.

I proudly cut off foreign trucks, what are they gonna do, call and report me when they are illegally hauling point to point freight?😄

Diesel prices going up also.

If they are residents or US Citizens there shouldn't be any regulation. The thing that is affecting the trucking industry is number one the brokers and number two agencies that give authority to non-US citizens. The FMCSA should be cracking down on those carriers and agencies for breaking the law. There's no excuse with so much knowledge at our finger tips. Be advised that only US Citizens are able to obtain DOT & MC Authority.

A mill that I haul out of regularly has the policy of if you can't read,speak and understand English, then you are not permitted on the property. All their safety videos are in English. Therefore, you can not be properly trained if you don't understand the language. I agree with this policy. If you are a legitimate immigrant, then you should know our language. It's not up to us to learn yours.

Very interesting, not enough enforcement anymore. I see so many truck drivers doing stupid dangerous things, mostly immigrants too. So sad, I think thay are forced into driving and just don't care ??? Not sure what the answer is ??? Also, Mega Carriers are running driver mills, they have no concern for safety either. I'm not bashing immigrates !!! Thanks Miranda !

I have a question. Why do they never check CDLs at the Border Patrol Checkpoints? I run TX to CA. In three years, I have never seen it happen.

The requirement should be you have to have your green card or citizenship of this country in order for you to get a commercial vehicle license.

Illegal emigrants became legal once given a court hearing and they can apply immediately and after 6 months they can apply for work permits. I have 3 guys driving for me and they are legally working everything is legit. I’m blessed to have them hard working guys and I pay them top dollar. They deserve better life that why they came here.

I grew up in the orchard industry in Central Washington. Before the open border policy to Mexico was realized in the 1970's. Orchards all over the western states and the farms of different crops depended upon the poor southern state migrants who were citizens of this country. They were infact the migrant workers who did work in the jobs others did not want to except for those who actually owned the farms. The same argument of there is a worker shortage opened the door for the border to open and flood the states with workers who would work for less wages. Before this wages were still small but better than the immigrant pay. It sounds like to me with the state of Oregon they are trying to recreate this "shortage of workers" in the trucking industry to drive wages down, and profits up for the companies. And again when you have these influx of 1st generation illegals you have great workers. It's usually the second generation and so on that create these lawless ideas and societal norms that end up harming US citizens and businesses. All due to liberals who are the ones who want this to take place to literally continue this slave mentality that has taken place for a couple hundred years in this country. The idea of less wages, and more profits is exactly what was done in this country prior to the Civil War and has been continuing to happen after. The states just get more political, and bastardize the American worker who is either a born citizen, or a citizen of legal means, to be pushed away for less wages, and non regulated peoples, businesses, and ideologies that are harmful to everyday people of all spectrums. This is just another way to expedite the laws for selfish gains. Oregon needs to be sued for this request and all future requests to continue this slavery ideology. 2 cents.

I’m also an immigrant turned US Citizen. Unfortunately since the immigration system is so broken, companies and state governments will take advantage of “loop holes”. In my personal opinion, we can either shut the whole immigration system down, but that would be unconstitutional. Or Congress can pass some sort of amnesty like it did during the Reagan administration in the 80s where certain groups can become legal and pay taxes for the work they do here… rather than they come work here on a visa and be tax exempt…

It's verry simple, look into Oregon state big companies of trucking that need drivers, maybe like Central Oregon or others, they have some one in the politics and can get an exemption that way putting legal workers out of the way...So nothing personal just business and coruption maybe.

It’s labor Exploitation. Fix immigration. Enforcement by fmcsa. Protect legal safe compliant drivers and companies.

Did the 'drivers' in the first two instances hold CDL's ??

Years ago the Wyoming port of entry at Kemmerer, Wyoming had 4 trucks parked in the staging are because the drivers couldn't speak American. The truck company owner was informed that they were not allowed to drive in Wyoming as per state laws. Just sayin.

Mexican and Canadian CMV are acceptable licenses in the US under FMCSA383.23. The US American company did not quantify your example under the FMCSA 391.11. The US Company may or may not have complied with I-9 Employment Eligibility Verification Department of Homeland Security U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. That all employers must complete. I don’t think FMCSA is required to enforce Homeland requirements. The enforcement needs to make company accountable. Carriers hire driver.

It's all by design, none of this is accidental.

ALL I AM GONA SAY IS GET TRUMP BACK AND CLOSE THE BORDER

same thing happening in canada too employers bring drivers from middle east and india on LMIA(labor market impact assessment) and they dont pay them properly so companies cutting rates so badly coz they are not paying them so its damaging the whole market…canada is more fucked up than USA…but looks like the amount of illegal immigrants coming from borders things will be same both sides

Hey, Miranda! “One time exception opens a door to a snowball effect” principle is universally applicable in both directions, law liberalization and law stiffening. The first one tends to turn into unlawfulness anarchy type and the latter has a tendency to transform into unlawfulness dictatorship type. Chose which one you like more.

The feds and fmcsa needs to get out of our driving jobs

The whole United States is one big shit-show of a mess. If I had money I’d move to a BETTER country where people are happiest.

Hey Ms Miranda

Oh, surprise. I worked for a tree farm company years ago. That company had individuals who were classified as farm labor and others classified as production workers. During off-season, individuals could volunteer to assist the other classified employees to avoid layoffs and unemployment. Even though we volunteered, the classification didn't change. But that's not what put them out of business. Customers don't want mold and mushrooms in mulch. The point is that loopholes have a small benefit to employees and save money for companies. That isn't illegal. The driver mentioned volunteered to keep working. And on the immigrants issue. ATA made another error in trying to increase revenue, causing the negative impact on the industry. And government uses the Backdoor Immigrants in their power struggle as pawns. Not their fault, they are just trying to survive. The most common propaganda point is doing what Americans won't. Picking tomatoes or picking cotton is the same and immoral point.

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Nothing new the US governmentvhas been using illegal immigration work for decades pretty much in every industry. Why you migh ask , well cheap labor and companies wheather they are trucking or warehousing like it

The whole thing has become a joke.

Miranda❤️

Sign them up for the draft.

1/2 our realestate is owned by foreigners who don't even live here and our people can't afford a house. We outsource our jobs land everything. Gotta serve the billionaires and mega corporations

Well i think Ill just buy some truck and hire some people without cdls and let er buck and make moneu for me untill something breaks. I DIDNT KNOW THATS WHAT WE WERE DOING SO....😂😂😂 why the fuck am I fallowing rules

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It's truck 🚛 eat truck 🚒🤯

А причем тут нелегальная иммиграция и нечистые на руку Американские работодатели? Нелегальные иммигранты в трак не садиться а работают за кэш на стройке или на не квалифицированных работах.

Unfortunately because of the insane political situation alot of laws are not being inforced as should be. And it's not fair right or legal for those who play by the rules. Especially immigrants who may have took up to several years to become an American citizen. Being illegal takes money jobs and food from the table for those who do this for a living. But again because of the sicking politics .and whoever can be bought it seems . No one cares and that quite frankly is adding more danger to an already dangerous career. Especially flatbed. I see a lot of speeding. And had a close call last year in Austin because another driver was in a big hurry to get ten feet in front of me only to come to complete stop not even 30 seconds later. Set the collision mitigation off. Caused my load to shift thankfully I always try to leave myself an out for these situations . After the scare subsided I tried to confront the guy. Via CB. But was told to shut the f:;*" up! .but it's more disgusting and makes me extremely angry when I see drivers not obey school buses when they stop. Shows no concern or care for the little ones. The laws must be enforced. There are righteous reasons for the rules.

Oh?! You’ve been here that long? I’ll might let ya take me out for drinks. I’m rootin for ya!

Immigrant workers had been our historicity cheap labor. It’s more commonly known as slavery. What can’t be outsourced - new slaves (immigrants) are brought Who loses? American citizen.

This is a very complicated issue that has no easy fix. On one hand, the Ron DeSantis approach of "fk them all round them up like cattle" would be almost impossible and would cause devastating effects to the economy. On the other hand, we can't just have open borders and let everyone swarm in. One hard reality that we have to realize is that we are in a population decline, almost collapse. People don't want to have kids in this economy. That will lead to issues in the future as the workforce ages and the next generation is inadequate to support our needs. Currently the U.S. fertility rate stands at 1.78 births per woman which falls short of the necessary 2.1 just to sustain the current population. It's just a matter of finding the sweet spot of HOW MUCH we let in. As a millennial I'm very concerned as to how the landscape will be when (and if) I get to my golden years.

I just wanted to say you arr a very attractive woman love your style 😉 😍 😘

Of course they’re in the wrong, but remember Oregon-because of liberal government officials-has a history of changing law and policies to accommodate their agenda!

Informative

The immigration issue is loose for many reasons. And most of those reasons are really not good for the citizens of the country. 1: higher housing costs and higher inflation due to higher population. 2. Lower wage growth. Due to more demand for employment, more workers. And also as in the trucking business lowers the cost of labor. Both of these directly benefit the government and the corporation. More tax receipts and higher demand for product, causing higher profits. However, it puts the poor and the working class in a really bad spot. Many countries simply do not allow this to happen. IE they protect their workforce

Laws just need to be enforced and vote out the corrupt politicians. People deserve what they vote for. I made a ton of money under Trump, but looks like people want to suffer under Biden. Let them have it.

Americans should also be furious about our tax dollars goung to foreign wars like Ukraine and Israel. 😡

Oh boy! You've opened up a can of worms on this one. Good luck.

Where are you from

Well , lets see🤔 ... I can only see one thing and it's a bunch of laws being broken or bent in many of these blue states. Hopefully people start voting candidates in about the real issues and not about their hatred of the red or the blue parties. By the way where ever you came from there must be some beautiful women there because you i may say is gorgeous. Thanks for the video . Really enjoy your knowledge