Gerry Reed closed his small South Texas trucking company in December because he couldn’t compete with foreign B-1 visa drivers illegally delivering loads across the U.S.
As FreightWaves has reported several times since 2021, trucking and transportation operations in the U.S. and Mexico have been violating cabotage rules by misusing foreign B-1 visa drivers to deliver loads within the U.S.
Reed, whose name has been changed for this story, spoke to FreightWaves on condition of anonymity for fear of...