DREAMers and Asylum Seekers: The Other Faces of Deportation
This article is adapted from AQ’s special issue on the U.S.-Mexico relationship. To receive AQ at home, subscribe here. Claudia Amaro and Hector Yamil Yaujar lead the same quiet, law-abiding lives as most of their neighbors in Wichita, Kansas. Amaro is a teacher; Yaujar runs a home repair company. Their son, Yamil Jr., 17, excels in school and wants to become an … Read more
Why a ‘Great Wall’ Won’t Stop the Cross-Border Gun Trade
This article is adapted from AQ’s 2017 special report on the U.S.-Mexico relationship. To receive AQ at home, subscribe here. That Mexico’s drug cartels get their firepower from the United States is no longer much of a mystery. Even President Donald Trump has acknowledged that the U.S. should do more to curb the flow of arms across its southern border. But Trump’s plan … Read more
Quiz: Are They A) Mexican B) American or C) Both?
The U.S. and Mexico share a 2,000 mile border, 200 years of history and more personal relationships than anyone can count. But they may be even more interconnected than you think. Take our AQ quiz and see if you can decide whether these 12 items are best described as Mexican, American or Both. 1Caesar Salad … Read more
En casa en los dos lados de la frontera
Read in English Me podrían llamar un hijo adoptivo de la frontera. Como un nativo del estado de Durango, al norte de México, pasé buena parte de mi infancia entre El Paso y Ciudad Juárez. De niño me la pasaba mirando una estrella de navidad que brillaba desde la sierra de los Mansos en El … Read more
Indivisible: The Truth About the U.S. and Mexico
Let’s improve the relationship, not destroy it. A new issue of AQ looks at where U.S.-Mexico ties stand today, and where they’re headed.
5 People Who Bring Mexico and the U.S. Closer Together
This article is adapted from AQ’s special issue on the U.S.-Mexico relationship. To receive AQ at home, subscribe here. | Leer en español Whether in sports, politics, food or the arts, the U.S. and Mexico have enriched one another in countless ways. That’s why AQ has selected its Top 5 Border Ambassadors to highlight those who … Read more
The True Relevance of NAFTA
This article is adapted from AQ’s special issue on the U.S.-Mexico relationship. To receive AQ at home, subscribe here. When the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) was negotiated in the early 1990s, its founders took care to insert an exit clause — as Article 2205. It stipulates that a party might withdraw with six months’ notice and that the agreement would remain in … Read more
At Home on Both Sides of the Border
A Mexican-born journalist writes about how living in the U.S.-Mexico borderlands has always required resilience, ingenuity – and a sense of humor.
Visité dos ciudades industriales en EE.UU. y México para estudiar los efectos del TLCAN. Esto fue lo que encontré.
Read in English Considerada desde hace tiempo como el epicentro del declive de la industria manufacturera estadounidense, Flint, Michigan, parece haber entrado en una sorprendente nueva fase: la recuperación. Una compañía farmacéutica en expansión y nuevas inversiones en universidades y hospitales están creando nuevos empleos. Los restaurantes y los bares están de nuevo iluminando el … Read more
5 personas que acercan a México y Estados Unidos
Read in English Ya sea en el deporte, la política, la comida o las artes, los Estados Unidos y México se han enriquecido mutuamente de innumerables maneras. Por eso AQ ha seleccionado a los Top 5 Embajadores de la Frontera para destacar a aquellos que han sobresalido por su trabajo en el acercamiento de los … Read more
AQ Top 5 Border Ambassadors: Beto O’Rourke
The U.S. congressman from El Paso who is trying to sell Washington on what the border is really like.
AQ Top 5 Border Ambassadors: Adrián González
This article is adapted from AQ’s special issue on the U.S.-Mexico relationship. To receive AQ at home, subscribe here. Leer en español | See the rest of our AQ Top 5 Border Ambassadors For Adrián González, baseball began at the border. Born in San Diego, raised in Tijuana, and now the first baseman for the Los Angeles Dodgers, he grew up playing … Read more
AQ Top 5 Border Ambassadors: Pati Jinich
This article is adapted from AQ’s special issue on the U.S.-Mexico relationship. To receive AQ at home, subscribe here. Leer en español | See the rest of our AQ Top 5 Border Ambassadors “I can’t be of much use here anymore. All I can think about is food.” With that, Pati Jinich left a promising career in political analysis at a Washington, … Read more
AQ Top 5 Border Ambassadors: Alfredo Corchado
This article is adapted from AQ’s special issue on the U.S.-Mexico relationship. To receive AQ at home, subscribe here. Leer en español | See the rest of our AQ Top 5 Border Ambassadors A sandy riverbed and a few bridges are nearly all that physically separate El Paso, Texas, from Juárez, Mexico. That short distance belies over a century of history that … Read more
AQ Top 5 Border Ambassadors: Rebeca Vargas
This article is adapted from AQ’s special issue on the U.S.-Mexico relationship. To receive AQ at home, subscribe here. Leer en español | See the rest of our AQ Top 5 Border Ambassadors Gathered around a square table in Mexico City, a group of U.S. Dreamers and Mexican senators spoke candidly, sharing their hopes for a better future. A meeting between the … Read more
