US Mexico Relations

Mexican Telenovela Examines 9/11 By Touching on U.S.-Mexico Relationships

Posted 10.29.2011

A new telenovela "The Eighth Commandment" takes a closer look at what happened post Sept. 11 both in Mexico and the United States. The story highl...

Dan Lipinski Blasts Deal Welcoming Mexican Trucks To U.S. Roads Nationwide

Chicago Sun-Times | Chicago Sun-Times | Posted 09.10.2011

Mexican trucks filled with goods from south of the border could be rolling into Chicago as early as next month under a deal just signed by the Obama a...

U.S.-Mexico Relations Back on Track -- In the Wrong Direction

Laura Carlsen | Posted 05.25.2011

Laura Carlsen

Nearly all of that cooperation centers on the severely flawed approach to confront transnational drug-trafficking. The new relationship forged in war rooms is bad news for the Mexican people.

Arizona Immigration Law Derails U.S.-Mexico Border Governors Conference

New York Times | RANDAL C. ARCHIBOLD | Posted 05.25.2011

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U.S. Withholding Aid To Mexico Over Human-Rights Abuses

AP | MARTHA MENDOZA | Posted 05.25.2011

The Obama administration is withholding $26 million in aid to Mexico, recommending that the government give more power to its human rights commission ...

Guest Blog: An Anthropological Look at Arizona's Controversial Immigration Law

Mark Schuller | Posted 05.25.2011

Mark Schuller

HUMAN RIGHTS AND SOCIAL JUSTICE BRIEFING 1: Arizona's Immigration Law - S.B. 1070 Guest Blogger: Prof. Josiah Heyman, University of Texas-El Paso A...

Mexico's War on Impunity

David Perez | Posted 05.25.2011

David Perez

Mexico desperately needs a legal system that fosters economic development, protects the due process rights of criminal defendants, and functions more efficiently and transparently.

Lethal Force on the Border

Laura Carlsen | Posted 05.25.2011

Laura Carlsen

The growing dehumanization of Mexican undocumented immigrants has fomented a legal limbo where human rights, including the right to life itself, fall prey to ill-defined national security concerns.

FBI: Mexican Security Chased Away U.S. Border Patrol Agents After Shooting

AP | CHRISTOPHER SHERMAN and ALEXANDRA OLSON | Posted 05.25.2011

EL PASO, Texas — Mexico condemned the shooting of a 15-year-old boy by a U.S. Border Patrol agent Thursday through diplomatic correspondence and...

Mr. President: Calderón Is Not Mexico

Laura Carlsen | Posted 05.25.2011

Laura Carlsen

President Obama's visit to Mexico produced vague and contradictory statements, centered on worn-out strategies.

Alan Bersin To Be Named US 'Border Czar' To Watch Mexican Border

AP | ALICIA A. CALDWELL | Posted 05.25.2011

EL PASO, Texas — Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano named a former federal prosecutor Wednesday to the new post of "border czar" to ov...

U.S. Immigration Policies Bring Global Shame on Us

Roberto Lovato | Posted 05.25.2011

Roberto Lovato

The proliferation of stories in international media and in global forums about the Guantanamo-like problems in the country's immigrant detention system are again tarnishing the U.S. image abroad.