North of the Border
The Department of Transportation (DOT) released details of the United States-Mexico cross-border long-haul trucking pilot program on Friday. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) opened the public comment period today, and will accept submissions for one month, until May 13, 2011.
Following a vote last Friday in the state House and another round of voting by the state Senate last night, Maryland has passed their own version of the DREAM Act, making it the 11th state to offer in-state tuition for undocumented students who are long-time residents.
Last week, amid much controversy, Utah Governor Gary Herbert signed a series of bills designed to tackle the issue of illegal immigration. The bills, which have been referred to as the "Utah solution", include new enforcement measures, a migrant partnership with Mexico, employee verification and employer sanction measures, and a…
The United States Department of Justice has issued a directive to federal agents ordering them to halt and report any operation that involves trafficking weapons into Mexico. The instruction comes as part of an investigation into "Fast and Furious", and U.S. Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) sting operation that may…
At least one actionable emerged from the meeting between presidents Obama and Calderone at the White House last week: a resolution to the cross-border trucking dispute. Today, Mexican officials released further details on how the issue will be resolved.
Following a meeting between U.S. President Barack Obama and Mexico President Felipe Calderon last week, Mexico's Economy Minister Bruno Ferrari announced intentions to slash tariffs on United States products, to go into effect when the U.S. ends the ban on Mexican trucks crossing the border - a trade relationship that should…
Yesterday's meeting between United States President Barack Obama and Mexican President Felipe Calderon is reported to have relieved tensions between the neighbouring nations, and led to an agreement on cross-border trucking.
A meeting between Presidents Obama and Calderón is scheduled for this morning at the White House, and is expected to touch on issues around drug crime, the content of Wikileaks cables, immigration, economic cooperation, and the Merida Initiative.
The ugly issue of drug violence once again reared its head on February 15, 2011 when a U.S. federal agent was killed and another was wounded after being intercepted at a cartel roadblock in San Luis Potosi, Mexico. Today, United States authorities announced that they had traced one of the…
On February 7, 2011, video game company Ubisoft announced the summer 2011 release of the latest in their Call of Juarez series, Call of Juarez: The Cartel. The first-person shooter game is drawing criticism for using border town drug cartel violence as its backdrop.
On February 3, 2011, The Center for Public Integrity ran a feature story on the flow of guns from the United States over the southern border, suggesting that permissive and manipulable U.S. gun laws were contributing to drug-related violence in Mexico.
Law enforcement agents in Arizona rounded up a number of suspects in an early-morning raid yesterday, and laid charges of conspiring to buy weapons, including assault rifles, for illegal export to Mexico's Sinaloa cartel.
A cooperative measure between the Obama administration and Calderon's office to implement stricter reporting and registration measures on the sale of long guns has been delayed.
The beginning of a new year is the perfect time to think about the health and wealth of ourselves, our families, and our communities. Affluent Americans now have an easy way to balance out the Bush tax cuts by contributing more to charities that encourage "fairness, economic growth, and a…
The U.S. Senate failed to pass the DREAM Act during a procedural vote on Saturday, December 18, 2010. The Act "would have provided citizenship to young people under 30 years old who illegally came to this country with their parents (under the age of 16), by attending college or serving…
Every year, the governors of both the four American states and the six Mexican states along the U.S.-Mexico border meet to discuss current issues, and how they can cooperate to solve them. This year’s 28th Annual Border Governors Conference, as it’s called, was scheduled to take place in Phoenix in…
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