ND Expert: U.S. and Mexican governments closer than ever | News | Notre Dame News | University of Notre Dame Skip To Content Skip To Navigation Skip To Search University of Notre Dame Notre Dame News Experts ND in the News Subscribe About Us Home Contact Search Menu Home › News › ND Expert: U.S. and Mexican governments closer than ever ND Expert: U.S. and Mexican governments closer than ever Published: April 17, 2009 Author: Shannon Roddel Watch Video As President Obama pledged during his visit to Mexico to help the country fight the flow of drugs and guns, Allert Brown-Gort, associate director of the University of Notre Dame’s Institute for Latino Studies, said the two governments are closer than ever. “There is an idea of mutual responsibility,” Brown-Gort said on the NewsHour with Jim Lehrer on PBS last night. “I think President Felipe Calderón began this with his first meeting with President Bush, but I think it really took the Obama administration to come in − particularly Secretary Clinton’s visit to Mexico City last month − when we really started to see that the dialogue was one of accepting that the responsibility lay on both sides of the border.” Brown-Gort said there is a new sense of partnership, in general, between the two administrations. “Mexico is really looking to change its bilateral relationship with the U.S., which tends to take on a monomaniacal tone,” he said. “It was drugs, immigration, drugs…Mexico has many other issues. The United States has many other issues, trade and energy among them, and we’re going to have to deal with those issues. “As we integrate our economies more and more, we really need to start looking at not only drugs, but also, for example, immigration, as issues that need to be solved across both countries,” Brown-Gort said. “We really need to give a little bit to be able to take a little bit.” Brown-Gort says Mexico could be doing more to deal with corruption by changing its political infrastructure, but that the sheer amount of money and weapons are feeding the corruption. A citizen of both the United States and Mexico, Brown-Gort studies and comments upon immigration policy, the role of culture in shaping values and political systems, civil service reform and the political views of Mexican nationals in the United States. In addition to writing numerous op-ed pieces on immigration, he has served as an advisor to the U.S. Senate on Hispanic issues. He is particularly critical of draconian proposals for immigration policy reform. Contact: Allert Brown-Gort, 574-360-5471, browngort.1@nd.edu Posted In: International Home Experts ND in the News Subscribe About Us Related September 30, 2022 Nanovic Institute to welcome former President of Croatia Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović September 29, 2022 Notre Dame, Ukrainian Catholic University launch three new research grants September 27, 2022 Notre Dame, Trinity College Dublin engineers join to advance novel treatment for cystic fibrosis September 14, 2022 Apostolic nuncio to Great Britain to deliver the 2022 Keeley Vatican Lecture September 12, 2022 Can you tell me how to get to Sesame Street … in different countries? For the Media Contact Office of Public Affairs and Communications Notre Dame News 500 Grace Hall Notre Dame, IN 46556 USA Facebook Twitter Instagram YouTube Pinterest © 2022 University of Notre Dame Search Mobile App News Events Visit Accessibility Facebook Twitter Instagram YouTube LinkedIn