By Deb Milbrath, freelance.

Enrique Krauze, the editor of the magazine Letras Libres and the author of “Mexico: Biography of Power," wrote a fascinating op/ed for the New York Times titled "The Mexican evolution," where he argues that the image of Mexico propagated in the U.S. doesn't help either country.

From the piece—

While we bear responsibility for our problems, the caricature of Mexico being propagated in the United States only increases the despair on both sides of the Rio Grande. It is also profoundly hypocritical. America is the world’s largest market for illegal narcotics. The United States is the source for the majority of the guns used in Mexico’s drug cartel war, according to law enforcement officials on both sides of the border.

Washington should support Mexico’s war against the drug lords — first and foremost by recognizing its complexity. The Obama administration should recognize the considerable American responsibility for Mexico’s problems. Then, in keeping with equality and symmetry, the United States must reduce its drug consumption and its weapons trade to Mexico. It will be no easy task, but the United States has at least one advantage: No one thinks of it as a failed state.

Nor, for that matter, did anyone ever see Al Capone and the criminal gangs of Chicago as representative of the entire country. For Mexico as well, let’s leave caricatures where they belong, in the hands of cartoonists.

By Nate Beeler, Washington Examiner

5-year-old Karla Morales-Solis is facing deportation to her native El Salvador. Her case reflects a growing dilemma facing Homeland Security officials as they crack down on illegal immigration. NECN's Greg Wayland has more

Watch here.

Un buen artículo nos viene de la página La Frontera Times. Es una entrevista con Edward James Olmos del Farmers Insurance Group.

Olmos dijo: 

“El gobierno de los Estados Unidos tiene que entender que la inmigración es un fenómeno mundial que comenzó con historia dela humanidad, y que ser un país con una economía desarrollada que tiene como vecino a un país que tiene serios problemas de pobreza y desempleo, tiene consecuencias casi naturales como la inmigración. Es perfectamente obvio que la gente, las familias van a buscar siempre la sobrevivencia por encima de todo, así la inmigración de mexicanos a este país, es una condición de sobrevivencia. Así como los seres humanos buscamos el agua para sobrevivir, el agua esta al norte y los inmigrantes buscan un trabajo, una vida mejor que no encuentran en sus países; tienen que sobrevivir; es un comportamiento normal y así debemos verlo”.

A very interesting graphic from the New York Times on health issues that affect immigrant adults in the United States—

Read the story here.

Re-Think Immigration would like to dedicate today's blog space to acknowledge the losses in Binghamton, N.Y. today.

According to reports, a gunman entered an immigration services center that catered to immigrants and refugees in the city, opened fire, and killed at least 12 before shooting himself. Dozens more are injured, many in critical condition.

We salute the American Civic Association for its worthy work and offer our deepest condolences during this very difficult time.

We recommend you watch the ABC video where John Stossel analyzes the effectiveness of a border wall.

By Clay Bennett, Chattanooga Times Free Press