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Article: The United States and Mexico: Will the Neighbors Become Partners?(Brief Article)
- Article from:
- The Futurist
- Article date:
- October 1, 1999
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The United States and Mexico have mutual concerns about a number of key issues, including drugs, immigration, labor, and trade.
The increase in Mexican narcotrafficking threatens the country's internal authority, and also poses a direct threat to the United States. By one estimate, more than two-thirds of the cocaine and marijuana that reaches the United States comes through Mexico. The United States contributes to Mexico's problems by failing to curb U.S. drug addiction. Currently, most addicts go untreated and often enter the drug trade to feed their habit.
Legal and illegal immigration of Mexicans into the United States has strained relations between ...