A new coalition, consisting of organizations like the Texas Public Policy Foundation and the Heritage Foundation, calls for a fresh approach to address Mexico's current state.
The new coalition expressed concerns about the government's relationship with criminal cartels, according to a July 17 news release. The U.S.-Mexico Policy Coalition calls on lawmakers to acknowledge a new understanding regarding the current state of Mexico and the need for American policy to reflect that reality.
"As Americans suffer, so too do Mexicans themselves. Both peoples require a new approach and a new understanding," Joshua Treviño, chief of intelligence and research for TPPF, said in the release.
As one of its first actions, the U.S.-Mexico Policy Coalition released a letter acknowledging several propositions that form the basis of current U.S.-Mexico relations, the release reported. The letter outlines several propositions that reflect the true state of Mexico at the moment.
"Sadly, the Mexican government is not an ally to the United States, and can no longer properly be described as a partner," the letter said. "The Mexican government and Mexican criminal cartels exist in conscious and willing symbiosis, at multiple levels, up to and including the Mexican presidency. The current president of Mexico has expressed his openness to a pact with the cartels, and spoken of his willingness to defend them from American action.
"The Mexican government is failing in its obligation to exercise full sovereignty over its own territory and citizenry," the letter continued. "The Mexican government is failing in its obligation to preserve its territory from use as a base of operations against its neighbors. The Mexican government is failing to defend Mexican civic institutions, and is increasingly antagonistic toward a free Mexican civil society."
"While much of the Washington, D.C., policy community was looking the other way, Mexico emerged as one of the chief national-security challenges to the United States," Treviño said in the release. He highlighted the current regime of leftist authoritarians in partnership with narcotics cartels, who pose a threat to both nations.
The U.S.-Mexico Policy Coalition seeks to raise awareness about the urgent issues concerning Mexico and advocates for a comprehensive reevaluation of American policies toward the country, the letter reported. Signatories include TPPF CEO Greg Sindelar; James Carafano, E.W. Richardson fellow and senior counselor to the president at Heritage Foundation; Ken Cuccinelli, Center for Renewing America senior fellow for Immigration and Homeland Security; Alice Galván, Fundación Patria Unida president; Joseph Humire, Center for a Secure Free Society executive director; and Chad Wolf, America First Policy Institute executive director and chief strategy officer.
