The Honorable Chuck DeVore (Moderator) – Chief National Initiatives Officer, Texas Public Policy Foundation
Rodrigo Arenas – Founder & Editor in Chief, Republica
Joseph Humire – Executive Director, Center for a Secure Free Society
Welcome to our inaugural U.S. – Mexico Policy Summit event to discuss the state of affairs in Mexico, the effect on U.S. – Mexico relations, and the proper American (and Texan) response to it. On December 12, 2022, the United States and Mexico commemorated an important milestone: two hundred years of mutual recognition and diplomatic relations between the two most-important republics of the New World. The anniversary comes as that relationship descends into crisis unseen in over a century. The Mexican state is descending into authoritarianism, warlordism, criminality, and overt anti-Americanism — and federal policymaking in Washington, D.C., is slow to respond to these new realities. Both Mexicans and Americans suffer from this emerging reality, and it is past time for policymakers to react.