Expert: Mexico Not Ready To Work With U.S. On Immigration Reform

Erik Lee, Associate Director of Arizona State University’s North American Center for Transborder Studies (NACTS), says he does not believe that Mexico is in a position to be able to work with the U.S. on immigration policy. (0:36)

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Human Smuggling An Underground Travel Service, Says Expert

Dr. Sheldon X. Zhang, professor and chair of the San Diego State University Sociology Department, said in a discussion regarding human smuggling and organized crime in Mexico, that human smuggling is essentially an underground travel service in response to legal regulations. (0:31)

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Expert Finds No Evidence Connecting Drug Traffickers, Human Smugglers

Dr. Gabriella Sanchez, Senior Researcher at the University of Maryland’s National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism (START), said that in a case study involving 66 known human smugglers in Arizona, she found almost no evidence connecting violent organized crime or drug trafficking to human smuggling. (0:45)

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