What Mexico Has to Offer

About this episode

The episode discusses migration policies, security cooperation, and the challenges faced by the Mexican government in negotiations with the United States.

In this episode, Mariana speaks with Alan Bersin, former U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of California and US Border Czar under President Obama and Luis Rubio, a leading Mexican political analyst, Chairman of the think tank Mexico Evalua. They discuss the impact of President Trump’s migration policies at the border and on the Mexican side, analyze the potential benefits of designating Mexican cartels as terrorist organizations, and discuss the need to increase security cooperation between the two countries. They also speak about the importance for the Mexican government to take a proactive approach in the issues of migration, security, and trade when negotiating with the United States and break down the many challenges that the Sheinbaum Administration is facing—externally and internally—to create the conditions for the country to grow.

People in this episode

Host: Mariana

Guests: Alan Bersin, Luis Rubio

Topics covered

• migration policies
• security cooperation
• Mexican cartels
• trade negotiations
• Sheinbaum Administration challenges

Keywords

• migration
• security
• trade
• cartels
• Trump
• Sheinbaum
• Mexico
• United States

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Mexico Evalua

Places: Mexico, United States

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