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One of Donald Trump’s campaign pledges is to build a wall on the border with Mexico and make Mexico pay for it. Unsurprisingly, Mexican politicians are steadfastly denying that Mexico would pay for a wall.  But is there a way for a U.S. government to force Mexico to pay for it? For the entire article, […]

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Allan on February 22nd, 2016

Pope Francis visited Mexico and, among other things held a mass on the U.S.-Mexican border. After departing Mexico, on the plane the Pope was asked about, and commented upon, Donald Trump’s campaign proposals.  How valid was the Pope’s statement? For the entire article, click here. Article by Allan Wall, published February 22nd, 2016, on Mexidata.info.

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Allan on January 11th, 2016

Our family made its yearly Christmas vacation visit to Mexico, although this one was different than usual, as we didn’t all travel together and at the same time. For the entire article, click here. Article by Allan Wall, published January 11th, 2016, on Mexidata.info.

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Allan on November 13th, 2015

Here’s an anecdote exemplifying the chaos and danger  on our border.  It’s about an  8-year old Guatemalan border who was left behind in Ciudad Juarez, which is across the border from El Paso, Texas. For the entire blog entry, click here. Blog entry by Allan Wall, published November 13th, 2015, on VDARE.COM.

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Allan on September 21st, 2015

Texas Governor Greg Abbott just visited Mexico to improve “bilateral relations”. “Bilateral relations”?   Isn’t Texas a state and Mexico a country? To read the entire article, click here.   Article by Allan Wall, published on VDARE.COM, September 19th, 2015.

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Allan on July 15th, 2015

I write from Mexico, where I’m currently visiting, and the Mexican media still has an obsession with Donald Trump. It’s a little strange when you think about it.  After all, Donald Trump is a candidate for president, who hasn’t even won his party’s nomination, which is still a ways off.  And besides, why should Mexicans […]

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Contra the “proposition nation” rhetoric, the U.S.A. is not an “idea”, but a real flesh-and-blood nation, with its own culture, history and traditions. I ran across an article (on the Wall Street Journal, ironically) describing the interesting “perambulation” tradition still practiced in New Hampshire.   We ought to adopt this custom on the national level. […]

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Allan on February 10th, 2015

In the ongoing cat and mouse game of drug smuggling across the border, the smugglers continue to innovate, finding creative ways of getting drugs across the border from Mexico to the United States.  For the entire article, click here. Article by Allan Wall, published February 9th, 2015, on Mexidata.info.

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Allan on February 8th, 2015

Within the next few years, the U.S.-Mexican border may have a very famous world figure crossing it on foot.  Pope Francis himself, the first Latin American pontiff, has expressed a desire to do so. Speaking to reporters on an airplane,  Pope Francis said that   “To enter the United States from the border with Mexico […]

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My family and I recently returned from our annual Christmastime visit to Mexico, and it was a good one. When we lived in Mexico, we would visit the U.S. at Christmastime.   Since we’ve  moved to the U.S.,  we go to Mexico at Christmastime. Millions of Mexicans residing in the U.S. visit Mexico at Christmastime, […]

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