GSN Magazine June 2016 Digital Edition

the contributions and sacrifices that
Mexicans in the border region make
every day as they attempt to build
better lives for themselves and their
families in the United States and in
Mexico. These are the stories that
will serve as an antidote to the grim
narratives spun by politicians like
Donald Trump.
As opposed to building walls, one
particularly important means of
bettering life along the border is to
invest in education. Melissa Floca,
Interim Director of the Center for
U.S.-Mexico Studies at UC San Diego,
and Rebecca Vargas, President
and CEO of the U.S.-Mexico Foundation,
both emphasized binational
programs for children and college
students of all ages, to train them
in STEM (science, technology, engineering,
and mathematics) and to
encourage bilingualism in English
and Spanish. blob:https%3A// This mix of skills is
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omy in a border environment. Floca
also emphasized the importance of
addressing the educational needs of
DREAMers who have been deported
to Mexico and are having difficulty
integrating into not only a new
school system, but a new society as
well. According to Floca, there are
about a million of these deported
DREAMers in Mexico.
As the “Building a Competitive
U.S.-Mexico Border” conference
made clear, the border region is far
more multi-faceted than nativist
fear-mongers would have us believe.
This is a vibrant bi-national economy,
society, and culture with enormous
untapped potential. It is in
the best interests of both the United
States and Mexico that this potential
be realized.
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