During the late 20th century, Americans and Mexicans on both sides of the border dreamed of a region where people of both countries could go back and forth legally and easily….where tourism on both sides would flourish as each others’ citizens flocked to the other country….and where the countries’ two economies would increasingly flourish as they became greater intertwined and shared in growing prosperity.
Is that dream still alive, on life support — or dead?
Read THIS by a writer who I always read (every day I thank the Lord that he is alive).
FOOTNOTE: Homeland Security Chief visited the San Diego-Tijuana border and announced how it will be impacted by stimulus funds..
Joe Gandelman is a former fulltime journalist who freelanced in India, Spain, Bangladesh and Cypress writing for publications such as the Christian Science Monitor and Newsweek. He also did radio reports from Madrid for NPR’s All Things Considered. He has worked on two U.S. newspapers and quit the news biz in 1990 to go into entertainment. He also has written for The Week and several online publications, did a column for Cagle Cartoons Syndicate and has appeared on CNN.