Daily Border Bulletin: Border Delays Cost U.S. Billions, CFR Panel on Latin America, Business and Immigration
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Border Delays Cost U.S. $7.8 Billion as Fence Is Focus Delays at border crossings are cost the U.S. economy billions of dollars as trade with Mexico has increased and needed updates to infrastructure at ports of entry has lagged behind. Christopher Wilson of the Wilson Institute expressed his concern: “In the context of the current immigration debate, we are very focused on what is going on between the ports of entry while this major issue, which is about security but also about jobs and the economy, is getting a lot less attention.”
The Presidential Inbox: Latin America Shannon K. O’Neil, Senior Fellow for Latin America Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations, sat down with to talk about U.S. policy toward Latin America during a panel on May 29, 2013. Video of the event is available here.
Mary Meeker Highlights US Immigration Hypocrisy Support for immigration reform continues to be strong from the high tech and business startup sector. Mary Meeker of Silicon Valley highlighted the enormous economic contributions made by immigrants and their families: first or second generation immigrants have founded 42% of Fortune 500 companies, creating 10 million US jobs and $4.5 trillion in annual revenue.
