The Border Crisis Is Just The Tip Of The Iceberg. In Mexico, A Cartel Crisis Looms

Mexican Cartels and the Border Crisis

• In August, apprehensions of illegal immigrants surpassed 2.1 million for the fiscal year in 2021, surpassing the previous record of 1.7 million set in 2021.
• Illegal immigration has been industrialized by cartels and their smuggling networks, who have turned the southwest border into a vast black market for drugs and illegal immigration
• Although the border crisis is a direct result of Biden's policies, the cartels are exploiting those policies for profit

The implications are this:

• As the Mexican state succumbs to the cartels, Mexico's problems will become America's problems
• The first step is for the United States to stop treating Mexico like a partner or a peer with whom we can work together to address common challenges.
• We have to begin treating Mexico less like an ally and more like a hostile neighbor.

 

https://thefederalist.com/2022/09/23/the-border-crisis-is-just-the-tip-of-the-iceberg-in-mexico-a-cartel-crisis-looms/