National Security Program | Memo
Combat the Cartels: Institutionalize US-Mexico Security Cooperation
The violent war between drug cartels and the Mexican government has slowly seeped over the US-Mexico border in the past few years, resulting in kidnappings and murders within the US. When President Obama deployed 1,200 National Guard troops to the border in May, it was simultaneously a positive move for US security and a sign that we have yet to implement an adequate plan to combat cross-border violence.
In this memo, we examine the root causes of the problem and propose that President Obama and Congress develop a five-year security cooperation agreement with Mexico to disrupt the operations of drug cartels and diminish the threat of Mexican narco-violence inside the US.
