For most Mexican truckers, access to US a waiting game
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Last month's US Department of Transportation report dealt a setback to NAFTA proponents.
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MONTERREY, Mexico -- If a quarry needs a migrant worker who can haul 50-pound loads of rock out of a mine, or a big landscaper wants to hire a man who'll mow grass from sunup to sundown for $8 an hour without overstaying his visa, Jeffrey West scrolls through his computer, clicks the mouse and fi...
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With a blare of mariachis and a platform sagging under the weight of public officials wanting to take part, this impoverished Mexican border city recently cut the ribbon on a $50 million outlet mall that boasts status labels like Burberry, Izod and Coach.
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Mexican-Americans' purchasing power is growing, and Mexico's tourism board is responding.
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NUEVO LAREDO, Mexico  - Illegal immigrants from Latin America are heading deeper into the United States to find work and avoid deportation as crackdowns in border states like Texas and Arizona make life more difficult for them.
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Dozens of truckers waved signs and American flags at a border crossing Thursday to protest a program that will allow up to 100 Mexican trucking companies to freely haul their cargo anywhere in the United States.
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Looking at Mexico's opportunities can mean making profits while others nap.
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For decades, political activism in Mexico often meant showing up at rallies, voting for the ruling party and picking up a bag of fertilizer, a basket of food or even cash.
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New York and other major US cities are considering fees for those driving during rush hour.
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In a Sept. 9 story about Mexican trucks entering the United States under a NAFTA-mandated pilot program, The Associated Press, relying on a statement from Mexican Transportation Secretary Luis Tellez at a news conference Sunday, erroneously reported that two Mexican tractor-trailers delivered cargo to New York and South Carolina. Instead, it was one truck which unloaded steel in North Carolina on Monday.
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HAMILTON, Ohio  - Miguel Garcia owns a Mexican grocery and would like to open a bakery too, but the illegal immigrant is waiting to see if the U.S. Congress will pass immigration reform before he invests in a new business.
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It might be hard for some drivers to believe, but average commuting times are getting shorter for U.S. workers.
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Trailer parks lie abandoned. The poultry plant is scrambling to replace more than half its workforce. Business has dried up at stores where Mexican laborers once lined up to buy food, beer and cigarettes just weeks ago.
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A NASCAR race car, sponsored by the U.S. Border Patrol. Billboards hundreds of miles from the Rio Grande, promoting a career as a border agent. TV commercials for the federal agency, aired during Dallas Cowboys games.
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It's never easy accommodating demand for a hot-selling car, as ZF Sachs Suspension Mexico S.A. de C.V. is learning.
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REYNOSA, Mexico  - Tougher security along the U.S.-Mexico border is forcing migrants to take more dangerous, remote routes to cross into the United States and pushing up the number of deaths in the desert.
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Sifting through the best that Mexico has to offer.