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Center for the U.S. and Mexico | Latin America Initiative | Working Paper

Immigration Reform: A System for the 21st Century

Leading U.S. immigration experts, public policy scholars and political figures debate issues and solutions to crucial questions surrounding comprehensive immigration reform.

Erika de la Garza, Tony Payan April 9, 2013

Latin America Initiative | Working Paper

The Costs and Benefits of Immigration Enforcement

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Abstract

For more than two decades, the U.S…

Raúl Hinojosa-Ojeda April 8, 2013

Drug Policy | Center for the U.S. and Mexico | Journal

Mexico Drug Policy and Security Review 2012

Introduction

With a new year and a new administration in Mexico we can expect continuity in substantive policy and…

Nathan P. Jones January 11, 2013

Center for Energy Studies | Edward P. Djerejian Center for the Middle East | Journal

The Arab Awakening and the Pending Oil Pinch

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When U.S. President Barack Obama addressed the…

Amy Myers Jaffe, Keily Miller June 29, 2012

Drug Policy | Center for the U.S. and Mexico | Research Paper

Mexico is a Friend, Not an Enemy

Drug policy fellow Gary Hale discusses the Jan. 31, 2012, Senate testimony of James R. Clapper, U.S. chief of national intelligence, in which he indicates that Mexico and violent events in that country are not specific threats to the United States.

Gary J. Hale February 16, 2012

Drug Policy | Center for the U.S. and Mexico | Research Paper

Mexico's Government Begins to Retake Northeastern Mexico

Government attacks on the infrastructure of the Gulf cartel and the Zetas in recent years are concrete examples of Mexico's efforts to retake its northeastern states from the hands of drug traffickers.

Gary J. Hale December 9, 2011