- Homeland Security agents raided Tucson-based AG Trucking in December on suspicion the company engaged in illegal cabotage using foreign drivers.
- ATA officials said the enforcement is significant because cabotage violates federal law and undermines fair competition in the U.S. trucking industry.
- DHS and federal prosecutors said the investigation is ongoing, with sealed warrants and potential additional company targets along the Southwest border.
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Federal law enforcement is taking sharper aim at the long-simmering issue of cabotage.
In December, agents from the Department of Homeland Security raided an Arizona trucking company suspected of participating in cabotage, the term used when foreign-registered commercial truck drivers operating with valid visas for delivery of cross-border freight instead remain in the U.S. to haul domestic loads. Cabotage is a violation of federal law…