For too long, most of America’s truck drivers and motor carriers have played by the rules while others cheat. They get the licenses, meet the safety requirements, pay the taxes, and do the work. But when it comes to cabotage — the illegal hauling of domestic freight inside the United States by foreign drivers on temporary visas — the cheaters are winning. And Washington has looked the other way. 

This isn’t a gray area. The law is crystal clear: Mexican and Canadian drivers can bring goods into this country and take goods back out. That is legitimate cross-border commerce permitted under the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement, and this vital freight flow helps sustain America’s supply chain.