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From www.H1b.info
This summer, legislation has been introduced to repeal the H-1B visa program and close the L-1 visa loophole.
Recognizing that science and technology workers can’t find jobs, longtime H-1B critic Congressman Tom Tancredo (R-CO) has introduced legislation HR 2688 to terminate the H-1B visa program.
It goes on to say
Additionally,Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) has introduced HR [...]

Usually I rant about foreign drivers, mostly as cheap labor, but this is just as bad.

DenverPost.com – LOCAL NEWS.

The Somalis came to Colorado by the dozens over a three-year stretch, seeking something they were having trouble getting in their home state of Minnesota: driver’s licenses.

Colorado has a serious problem with their CDL schools just handing [...]

Where off to a great start on this Mexican truck issue. Every Mexican truck driver that’s in a wreck is going to be in the paper.
Charleston.Net: Local News: Trucker in deadly crash didn’t have big rig license 07/16/04
The Mexican truck driver responsible for a deadly truck crash earlier this month on Edisto Island wasn’t licensed [...]

Now that oil is over $60 a barrel and gas is over $3.15 a gallon in many places, a lot of people are starting to rethink this whole “let’s import cheap oil” concept when there are so many ideas and resources at home.
I heard a short interview with the Governor of Montana about the process [...]

The byline says Newsweek, but it’s really just a recruiting ad.
The Freewheelers: Boomers have discovered the joys of truckdriving
By Jemimah Noonoo
Newsweek
And, despite the grueling hours and physical demands, it can be a win-win situation. Cruz, who spent 20 years working in windowless offices, has driven to nearly every state. He now spends his days singing [...]

Remember when I mentioned about shippers treating drivers like crap in the previous post? These two signs were at our latest pickup. Between the New York attitude and these signs it didn’t put me in a very good mood. Then when I was told I was responsible for the case count, my response was, “Nope”. [...]