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Mexican officials have pursued a lawsuit against American gun manufacturers for their role in helping arm the various cartels and empower them in their war against authorities.

Hillary Clinton should signal the Obama Administration’s continued commitment to moving in tandem with America’s threatened neighbor.

Effective border control requires merging internal enforcement andtrade and travel security with operations on the border. Although Customs and Border Protection (CBP) deals primarily with borderenforcement and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) performsinterior enforcement, there are specific steps that the Departmentof Homeland Security can and should take immediately to achievethis goal.

For far too long, the United States has failed to enforce its immigration laws. Its visa system does not adequately serve the needs of the economy, legal immigrants, or U.S. citizens. Cartel violence and continued illegal immigration along the U.S. southern border have many Americans concerned. Americans are demanding a border and immigration policy that will keep the U.S. free, safe, and prosperous—not an amnesty that simply exacerbates the problem.

To achieve a broader defense structure and implement policies thatdo not involve adding additional layers of bureaucracy to analready congested problem, the U.S. and Canada should focus onbetter coordination on visa policies and trade security, increasedcross-border law enforcement, enhanced cooperation in maritimesecurity, and renewed efforts to spur private development ofcross-border infrastructure.

The right approach to joint U.S.–Canada security serves to emphasize the two nations’ economic and diplomatic ties.

Over the past 10 years, traversing the U.S.–Mexico border illegally has become increasingly dangerous for would-be immigrants. Illegal immigrants face kidnapping, murder, and rape at the hands of violent drug cartels and ever more ruthless human smugglers. Crossing treacherous desert areas exposes the travelers to heat exhaustion and dehydration. Hundreds of people die every year trying to cross the border into the U.S. However, illegal immigration is dangerous not only to the illegal immigran...