Our Future is Tied to That of Latin America

We are intimately tied to Latin America, economically, politically, and culturally.  We import more oil from Latin America than from the Middle East.  Salsa now outsells ketchup in the U.S.  Our discussion of immigration need to move beyond polarizing sound bites and stereotypes to look at our complicated relationship and work toward futures of mutual benefit.

See FOX 17's edited version of what I and others had to say about immigration today at a CLAS symposium.