How the US is outsourcing border enforcement to Mexico

Authors

Luis Gomez Romero, University of WollongongFollow

RIS ID

113025

Publication Details

L. Gomez Romero, 'How the US is outsourcing border enforcement to Mexico' (2016) 29 November The Conversation 1-6.

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The Conversation

Abstract

In describing the complex relationship between the two countries, Jeffrey Davidow, American ambassador to Mexico from 1998 to 2002, spoke of "the bear and the porcupine". The US is an arrogant bear, brawny and insensitive to Mexico's concerns. Mexico is a resentful porcupine, paranoid about American plots to undermine its sovereignty.