Friday, Nov 22nd - DHS's Alan Bersin on Deepening US-Mexico Ties

As Vice President Biden remarked during the recent High Level Economic Dialogue in Mexico, “there is no reason why our partnership, the U.S.-Mexico partnership, should not be among the strongest that we have.”  Mexico is now the US’s second largest export market, third ranked trade partner, and fourth largest source of tourism revenue.  Two-way trade surpassed $500 billion in 2012, with over $1 billion worth of trade crossing the US-Mexico border each day.  Recent announcements on security collaboration as well as the first meeting of the US-Mexico High Level Economic Dialogue indicate that this crucial bilateral relationship is deepening, broadening and improving.   

On November 22nd, NDN and the New Policy Institute are pleased to welcome Alan Bersin, Assistant Secretary of International Affairs and Chief Diplomatic Officer at the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS), to a discussion of the US-Mexico bilateral relationship.  Previously having served as Commissioner of US Customs and Border Protection and as DHS’s Special Representative for Border Affairs, Bersin is one of the administration’s foremost experts on the border region.  He has travelled extensively in Mexico, most recently in July 2013 to accompany former Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano to high-level meetings in Matamoros and Mexico City. Drawing upon these experiences, Bersin will share his perspective on improvements in the US-Mexico bilateral relationship, after which he will take questions from the audience.

This event will take place at NDN, 729 15th St NW, 1st floor, from 12:00 to 1:30 p.m.
Lunch will be served at 12:00 and the discussion will begin promptly at 12:15.

To RSVP please email ebuckhout@ndn.org with “US-Mexico RSVP” in the subject line. 

This event is open to the press.  Live webcast will be available here and video recording will be posted at ndn.org afterward.

We look forward to seeing you on the 22nd!