Cross-border, cross-purposes

摘要

If you ask any Mexican politician what his country's foreign-policy priority must be, the response is the same: maintain good relations with the United States and improve the lot of migrants heading north. But Mexico ranks far lower on the list of American policy aims. When asked what his government's priorities on the long border between the two countries were, an American official spoke of the threat of terrorism, adding "We have to protect our homeland above anything else." At border crossings, American officials scrutinise passports for signs of a visit to the Middle East.