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June 10, 2019

Title: History of U.S./Mexico Border Struggles
Topic: Border History: U.S./Mexico

Discussed by John Daniel Davidson
with Texas Public Policy Foundation (www.TexasPolicy.com)

Part 1 of 3

John Daniel Davidson is a senior correspondent at The Federalist and a Senior Fellow for the Texas Public Policy Foundation’s Right on Immigration Initiative.

John says: “The history of the U.S.-Mexico border suggests that it is possible to secure the border, but that U.S. government policy must be tailored to address two things it can least control by fiat: the political stability of Mexico and the American economy.”

You can read John’s article, “A Brief History of Border Security, 1836 to Present”, here.

Questions/Issues Discussed:

Does the political stability of Mexico and other countries affect the number of migrants entering through our southern border?

Does a robust US economy with low unemployment act as a magnet for migrants wanting to come to the US?

Listen as John discusses the Border Wars from the Texas Revolution to the Mexican-American War…

Are the drug cartels profiting from illegal immigration to America?

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Title: Part 2 of 3 - History of U.S./Mexico Border Struggles
Topic: Border History: U.S./Mexico

Discussed by John Daniel Davidson
with Texas Public Policy Foundation (www.TexasPolicy.com)

Questions/Issues Discussed:

Was the US border patrol established because of the Mexican Revolution and the Pancho Villa Expedition?

From the Mexican Revolution through the Great Depression, were there many migrants from Mexico coming to the US?

What were the unforeseen consequences of the 1965 Immigration Reform Act?

What is “chain migration”?

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Title: Part 3 of 3 - History of U.S./Mexico Border Struggles
Topic: Border History: U.S./Mexico

Discussed by John Daniel Davidson
with Texas Public Policy Foundation (www.TexasPolicy.com)

Questions/Issues Discussed:

Is the War on Drugs a modern problem, or has the transportation of contraband across our Southern Border been a real struggle for many, many decades?

Did President Reagan’s 1986 Immigration Reform and Control Act have unintended and unforeseen consequences?

What were the major policy consequences found in President Clinton’s 1996 Immigration Reform and Mandatory Detention?

What policies did Obama implement?

When did children entering the country illegally with or without an adult become the norm?

Are drug cartels kidnapping children in South America, claiming them as “their own”, and seeking asylum in America? What happens to the children?

Without political stability in countries south of our border, will migration into our country ever be controlled?

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