Is the Border More Efficient? More Secure? — Progress and Challenges in Managing the U.S.-Mexico Border
In 2009, the Pacific Council on International Policy and the Mexican Council on Foreign Affairs convened the Binational Task Force on the United States-Mexico Border. The group issued a series of recommendations regarding border management, which were detailed in the report, “Managing the United States-Mexico Border: Cooperative Solutions to Common Challenges.” Now, as border management plays a key role in the debate over immigration reform, the Task Force will reconvene to evaluate progress in managing the U.S.-Mexico border.
Welcoming Remarks
Duncan Wood
Jerry Green
Alan Bersin
1st Panel: Border Task Force Report Card
Robert Bonner
Andrés Rozental
2nd Panel: How will border management and border security factor into immigration reform?
Chappell Lawson
Carlos Heredia
Doris Meissner
Abe Lowenthal
Moderated by Andrew Selee
Policymakers Panel: A Discussion on Progress and Challenges in Border Management
John Cook
Carlos Bustamante
Matt Rooney
Moderated by Christopher Wilson
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Speakers
Associate Professor of Political Science at MIT, Director of the MIT International Science and Technology Initiatives
Associate Professor, Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas (CIDE)
Former Assistant Secretary for International Affairs and Chief Diplomatic Officer, Office of Policy, Department of Homeland Security
President, Migration Policy Institute
Hosted By
Mexico Institute
The Mexico Institute seeks to improve understanding, communication, and cooperation between Mexico and the United States by promoting original research, encouraging public discussion, and proposing policy options for enhancing the bilateral relationship. A binational Advisory Board, chaired by Luis Téllez and Earl Anthony Wayne, oversees the work of the Mexico Institute. Read more