Daily Border Bulletin: US-Mexico Border Potential Gains, Rush to Grab Dollars, Senate Resumes Immigration Reform Debate Today

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Scholars Find US-Mexico Border Filled with Potential Gains, Pitfalls The Wilson Center’s "The State of the Border Report" recommends a holistic approach to the border to address not only issues of security, but also trade and the environment. One of the authors Eric Lee of Arizona State University, said: "Our report, by focusing on four large areas of security, trade, sustainability and quality of life, shows quite clearly that all sorts of interactions and issues are present in the border region. And some of these, such as cross-border trade, are quite positive overall."

As Wars End, a Rush to Grab Dollars Spent on the Border The potential passage of a border and immigration reform bill in Congress has endless implications for the US economy, including business and jobs for military contracting companies. They have turned their attention toward the technology required to satisfy the requirements of securing the US-Mexico border.

Senate Resumes Immigration Reform Debate Today The Senate takes up the motion to proceed on S. 744, the “Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act” this morning.