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A nuanced, story-driven narrative about the deeply intertwined business and cultural relationship between the United States and Mexico, and the need to tear down, rather than fortify, wallsA certain narrative about the relationship between the United States and Mexico has taken shape over the last twenty years. Many believe that our trade and immigration policies have undercut American labor, and that Mexico itself is a place where drugs and violence are rampant. They believe that these two countries, living side by side, are about as different as can be. But as Andrew Selee shows, the demographics, economics, politics, and culture of these two countries have more in common than meets the eye.Vanishing Frontiers is the story of the cultural and economic intertwining of these two countries.
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Andrew Selee is President of the Migration Policy Institute (www.migrationpolicy.org) , which provides research, analysis, and new ideas for immigration and integration policy in the United States, Europe, and around the world. He is an Andrew Carnegie Fellow for 2017-2018.He was previously Exeuctive Vice President of the Woodrow Wilson Center, a non-partisan organization that promotes dialogue, research, and actionable ideas on global issues, and was the founding Director of the Center's Mexico Institute. He has taught courses in Government at the Johns Hopkins University's Advanced Academic Programs and at George Washington University's Elliott School for International Affairs.Selee worked for the Mexican YMCA on community development and migration programs for five years after college and later served as professional staff in the US House of Representatives.Selee writes frequently in the press, including articles in the Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, Dallas Morning News, and Houston Chronicle and he has a regular column in Mexico's El Universal newspaper. He is quoted widely in the press, including interviews for NPR, PBS, CBS, NBC, Fox News, the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, the Washington Post, and many others. He lives in Washington, DC with his wife Alejandra Vallejo and their children Lucia, Elena, and Alex.
