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Mayors and Experts Discuss U.S.-Mexico Border Issues

Washington, DC
Friday, January 18, 2013

Mayors and experts discussed opportunities and challenges in the U.S.-Mexico border region at an event hosted by NDN and the New Policy Network on Friday in Washington, D.C.

The discussion focused on immigration, trade, travel tourism and safety in the Southwest Border Region. 

Speakers included: Alan Bersin, Dept. of Homeland Security Assistant Secretary of International Affairs; Eduardo Olmos, Mayor of Torreon, Coahuila, Mexico; Ken Miyagishima, Mayor of Las Cruces, N.M.; Raul G. Salinas, Mayor of Laredo, Texas; and Greg Stanton, Mayor of Phoenix, Arizona. 

NDN and the New Policy Institute President Simon Rosenberg moderated.

Updated: Friday, January 18, 2013 at 6:01pm (ET)

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