Summary
Mexicans and Americans have more in common than either cares to admit. Mexicans are worried about drug violence in their country, think the United States is responsible because of its large appetite for illegal narcotics, and want their neighbor to stop exporting guns into Mexico, which turn up in the hands of drug traffickers. Americans are worried about illegal immigration into their country, think Mexico is responsible because it doesn't provide enough jobs for its people, and want their neighbor to stop exporting migrants into the United States.
Such is the major dysfunction of the U.S.-Mexico relationship. Neither wants to take responsibility for its failures, and each finds it convenient to blame the other for its problems.See the full content of this document
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Borderline Dysfunction
This dynamic is not lost on Arturo Sarukhan, Mexico's ambassador to the United States, who recently sat down with the editorial board of The San Diego Union-Tribune.
I asked the ambassador about t...See the full content of this document
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