A well-managed U.S.-Mexico border is essential not only for millions of border residents in both countries, but for the U.S. economy and federal budget. This brief lays out recommendations to strengthen the institutional scaffolding that could allow for a safer and more prosperous North American continent.
This brief is part of a series of Baker Institute recommendations for the new Biden administration.
Feb. 4, 2021, 10 a.m.
Ivonne Cruz, Ph.D., is a contributing expert at the Center for the United States and Mexico. She is also the administrator of the Puentes Consortium and a faculty member of the Masters of Global Affairs program, both at Rice University. …
Francisco J. Monaldi, Ph.D., is the fellow in Latin American energy policy and the director of the Latin America Energy Program at the Center for Energy Studies at Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy, a fellow at the Center …
