Introduction
President Obama, meeting at the White House with Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto in July, strongly supports U.S-Mexican relations. “The United States values tremendously our enduring partnership with Mexico and our extraordinary ties of family and friendship with the Mexican people.” (Getty Images/Mark Wilson)
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The relationship between the United States and Mexico is at the center of a fierce political debate over immigration, trade and national security. Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump accuses Mexico of stealing U.S. jobs and vows to build “a big, beautiful, powerful wall” to bar “rapists” and criminals from crossing the 1,951-mile border between the two countries. Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton has taken a far less inflammatory stance on Mexico, saying her party “builds bridges, not walls,” though she once supported 700 miles of border fencing to stem illegal immigration. Meanwhile, President Obama, while decrying the “scourge” of violence from Mexican drug cartels, defends the U.S.-Mexico relationship, saying “the very character of the United States is shaped by Mexican-Americans who have shaped our culture, our politics, our business.” The mixed views underscore the complex ties and growing tensions between the United States and Mexico, an emerging economic power with an expanding middle class but a nation troubled by political corruption and continuing drug-related violence.
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Immigration and Naturalization |
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Mar. 19, 2021 |
Immigration Overhaul |
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Feb. 24, 2017 |
Immigrants and the Economy |
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Sep. 02, 2016 |
U.S.-Mexico Relations |
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Oct. 23, 2015 |
Immigrant Detention |
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Sep. 27, 2013 |
Border Security |
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Mar. 09, 2012 |
Immigration Conflict |
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Dec. 2010 |
Europe's Immigration Turmoil |
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Sep. 19, 2008 |
America's Border Fence |
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Feb. 01, 2008 |
Immigration Debate  |
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May 04, 2007 |
Real ID |
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May 06, 2005 |
Illegal Immigration |
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Jul. 14, 2000 |
Debate Over Immigration |
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Jan. 24, 1997 |
The New Immigrants |
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Feb. 03, 1995 |
Cracking Down on Immigration |
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Sep. 24, 1993 |
Immigration Reform |
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Apr. 24, 1992 |
Illegal Immigration |
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Jun. 13, 1986 |
Immigration |
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Dec. 10, 1976 |
Illegal Immigration |
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Dec. 13, 1974 |
The New Immigration |
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Feb. 12, 1964 |
Immigration Policy Revision |
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Feb. 06, 1957 |
Immigration Policy |
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Nov. 27, 1951 |
Emigration from Europe |
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Feb. 09, 1945 |
Immigration to Palestine |
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Sep. 30, 1940 |
Forced Migrations |
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Apr. 18, 1939 |
Immigration and Deportation |
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Jul. 27, 1931 |
Deportation of Aliens |
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Mar. 12, 1929 |
The National-Origin Immigration Plan |
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Aug. 19, 1927 |
Immigration from Canada and Latin America |
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Nov. 01, 1926 |
Quota Control and the National Origin System |
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Jul. 12, 1924 |
Immigration and its Relation to Political and Economic Theories and Party Affiliation |
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