Tournament: New Trier | Round: 1 | Opponent: 1ac | Judge: 1ac
Advantage 1 Relations

US – Mexican relations are declining – drug war and trade disputes
Hickson 12 News Associate at NBC News in New York. (Alessandra, “Peña Nieto hopes to reframe US-Mexico relations in meeting with Obama,” NBC Latno, 11/26/12, http://nbclatino.com/2012/11/26/pena-nieto-hopes-to-reframe-us-mexico-relations-in-meeting-with-obama/)//AR

The plan revitalizes US-Mexico relations - infrastructure is key, also Mexico will say yes, they have an economic agenda now
Selee and Wilson 12 – Andrew, Vice President for Programs and Senior Advisor to the Mexico Institute at the Wilson Center, Christopher, associate with the Mexico Institute (“A New Agenda with Mexico,” Wilson Center, November 2012, http://www.wilsoncenter.org/sites/default/files/a_new_agenda_with_mexico.pdf)

Economic focus is key to relations – solves Central American stability and Mexican leadership
Wood and Wilson 13 – Duncan, director of the Mexico Institute at the Woodrow Wilson Center for International Scholars, and Christopher, associate with the Mexico Institute (“New Ideas for a New Era: Policy Options for the Next Stage in U.S.-Mexico Relations,” Wilson Center, January 2013, http://www.wilsoncenter.org/sites/default/files/new_ideas_us_mexico_relations.pdf)

A) Resolves outdated stereotypes
Garza, 12/3/12 – Antonio, Former U.S. Ambassador to Mexico (“A first step is to get rid of outdated perceptions—on both sides,” Americas Society/Council of the Americas, http://www.as-coa.org/articles/viewpoints-what-should-top-priority-be-us-mexican-relations)

B) The Agenda
Montealegre 12 – a Los Angeles-based Diplomatic Courier Contributor and a freelancer specializing in Latin American markets, finance, economics, and geopolitics. He holds an MA in International Relations from the University of Westminster-London (Oscar, “U.S.-Mexico Relations: Love Thy Neighbor,” Diplomatic Courier, 1/24/13, http://www.diplomaticourier.com/news/regions/latin-america/1331)//AR 

Central American Instability causes global war
Rochlin 94 James Francis, Professor of Political Science at Okanagan University College. “Discovering the Americas: the evolution of Canadian foreign policy towards Latin America,” p. 130-131

Specifically, the plan provides momentum for Nieto’s reform agenda – US action is key
Farnsworth and Werz, 11/30/12 – Eric, vice president of the Council of the Americas and Americas Society, and Michael, Senior Fellow at the Center for American Progress (“The United States and Mexico: The Path Forward,” Center For American Progress, http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/security/news/2012/11/30/46430/the-united-states-and-mexico-the-path-forward/)

Plan’s a success for Nieto
Navarrette, 11/26/12 (Ruben, “To-Do List for Obama and Mexico's New President,” CNN, http://pvangels.com/news-mexico/4362/to-do-list-for-obama-and-mexicos-new-president)

Nieto is building up political capital for oil reform – major wins allow him to achieve his agenda
Archibold, 3/22/13 (“New Leader Taps Mexican Discontent to Press Agenda of Change,” NYT, http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/23/world/americas/new-leader-taps-mexican-discontent-to-press-reform-agenda.html?_r=0)

Nieto’s energy reform is key to natural gas pipeline development
CASILLAS 1/28/13 (Juan; Consultant Based in Mexico City; “Mexico’s Upcoming Energy Reform: Opportunities, Limitations, and Challenges,” Manatt Jones Global Strategies, http://www.manatt.com/ThreeColumn.aspx?pageid=199andid=124583)

Increased gas exports to Mexico will prevent LNG export approval
PEARSON and RAMIREZ 11/30/12 (Will; Global Energy Analyst – Eurasia Group and Carlos; Latin America Analyst – Eurasia Group, “Mexico – the North American Shale Revolution Heads South,” http://blogs.ft.com/beyond-brics/2012/11/30/guest-post-mexico-the-north-american-shale-revolution-heads-south/) ww

U.S. LNG Exports tank Russia’s economy
MEAD 4/25/12 (Walter Russell; James Clarke Chace Professor of Foreign Affairs and Humanities – Bard College, “North American Shale Gas Gives Russia Serious Headache,” http://blogs.the-american-interest.com/wrm/2012/04/25/north-american-shale-gas-gives-russia-serious-headache/) ww

Russian economic collapse causes extinction from global nuclear war
FILGER 5/10/09 (Sheldon; Writer/Founder – GlobalEconomicCrisis.com, “Russian Economy Faces Disastrous Free Fall Contraction,” Huffington Post, http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sheldon-filger/russian-economy-faces-dis_b_201147.html) ww

Advantage 2 CPB 

Federal involvement along the border is inevitable- it is merely a question of who is at the border
Liberty Crier 13 May 8th (News service for local and international news, especially on the constitution, “Anything Brought Over The Border Is Within DHS Jurisdiction”, http://libertycrier.com/anything-brought-over-the-border-is-within-dhs-jurisdiction/)

Cuts are inevitable now due the sequestration
Fox News 13 April 1st (“Customs and Border Protection delays agent furloughs amid 're-examination' of plan”, 4/1/13, http://www.foxnews.com/ politics/2013/04/01/us-border-patrol-delays-furloughing-agents-pending-re-examination-plan/)

CPB is critical to agricultural laws
Legal Language 11’ (Julia, “CBP vs. ICE: The Roles of Two Immigration Agencies”, 8/10/11, https://www.legallanguage.com/legal-articles/immigration-agencies-cbp-ice/)
US agricultural laws key to prevent war, WMD, and terrorism- security is key
Lugar, 4 – U.S. Senator – Indiana, (Richard, “Plant Power” Our Planet v. 14 n. 3, http://www.unep.org/OurPlanet/imgversn/143/lugar.html MK)

Terrorism risks extinction
Yonah Alexander, professor and director of the Inter-University for Terrorism Studies, 8/28/03 (Washington Times)

CPB is critical to worldwide terrorism cooperation
GAO 03’ (United States General Accounting Office, “COMBATING TERRORISM”, ¾, http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d03165.pdf)

The largest known cyber attack is coming now
Levine 13 August 27th (Mike, ABC reporter, law enforcement and crime expert, “Outgoing DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano Warns of ‘Serious’ Cyber Attack, Unprecedented Natural Disaster”, 7/27/13, http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2013/08/outgoing-dhs-secretary-janet-napolitano-warns-of-serious-cyber-attackunprecedented-natural-disaster/)

CPB is critical to prevent cybeterrorism- technology and expertise
DHS 13 May 7th (Department of Homeland Security, 5/7/13, “DHS CYBERSECURITY EXECUTIVE PANEL,https://www.actgov.org/knowledgebank/documentsandpresentations/Documents/Program20Events/DHS20Cyber20Panel20Bio20Booklet.pdf)

Cybersecurity is vital to prevent escalatory great power nuclear war
Fritz, 9 – Masters in International Relations, Researcher for International Commission on Nuclear Nonproliferation and Disarmament (Jason, 2009, “Hacking Nuclear Command and Control,” http://icnnd.org/Documents/Jason_Fritz_Hacking_NC2.pdf)//DR. H

This Outweighs on timeframe
Spillius 10 The Telegraph's Washington Correspondent (Alex, May 7, 2010, “Cyber attack 'could fell US within 15 minutes',” http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/7691500/Cyber-attack-could-fell-US-within-15-minutes.html)//DR. H

Text: The United States federal government should substantially increase its investment in border transportation infrastructure projects towards Mexico. 

Contention 3 Solvency
Trade from Mexico is skyrocketing now but a lack of border infrastructure kills trade
USA Today 13 5-2-13 (http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2013/05/01/mexico-obama-economy/2126239///JC)

Infrastructure investment in the region is key to the North American trade
Sands, 10 - Senior Fellow at The Hudson Institute (Christopher E., “If You Don't Plan, Plan to Fail,” Center for Strategic and International Studies, 6/18/2010, http://csis.org/blog/if-you-dont-plan-plan-fail)//AR

Free trade solves the environment—it increases demand for environmental regulations and allows for new tech
Hassoun, 9 (Nicole Hassoun, affiliated with Carnegie Mellon's Program on International Relations and the Center for Bioethics and Health Law at the University of Pittsburgh, Spring 2009 “Free Trade and the Environment”, http://www.hss.cmu.edu/philosophy/hassoun/papers/Paper_free20trade20and20the20environment20final.pdf)
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Free trade creates structural disincentives for inter- and intra- state war and deters terrorism
Griswold, 11 (Daniel Griswold, director of the Center for Trade Policy Studies at the Cato Institute, “Free Trade and the Global Middle Class,” Hayek Society Journal Vol. 9, http://www.cato.org/pubs/articles/Hayek-Society-Journal-Griswold.pdf)
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Standards check environmental degradation along the border
Lustig, 12 - PhD in Economics from the University of California at Berkeley, President of the Universidad de las Américas-Puebla, Senior Advisor and Chief of the Poverty and Inequality Unit, Department of Social Programs and Sustainable Development at the Inter-American Development Bank Director of the 2000/2001 World Development Report (Nora C., “NAFTA: Setting the Record Straight” 2012 Updated, http://www2.econ.iastate.edu/classes/econ455/lapan/Readings/NAFTA,20Setting20the20Record20Straight.pdf) 

Federal leadership is key to effective policy – only way to capitalize on relations
Wilson Center 9 (7 “THE UNITED STATES AND MEXICO: Towards a Strategic Partnership,” Woodrow Wilson Center Mexico Institute, January 2009, http://www.wilsoncenter.org/sites/default/files/The20U.S.20and20Mexico.20Towards20a20Strategic20Partnership.pdf)

Plan leads to coordination with Mexico – spills over
Figueroa et. al, 11 – Alejandro, Research and Policy Analyst, NACTS, with Erik Lee, Associate Director, NACTS, Rick Van Schoik, Director, NACTS (“Realizing the Full Value of Crossborder Trade with Mexico,” North American Center for Transborder Studies at ASU, 12/9/11, http://21stcenturyborder.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/realizing-the-value-of-crossborder-trade-with-mexico2.pdf)

Nieto gains popularity from infrastructure investments
Paternostro, 11 (Silvana, October, The Atlantic Monthly, “Beauty and the Beast” http://search.proquest.com.proxy.lib.umich.edu/docview/898363933/13F010F7A141726A721/2?accountid=14667)//YS, accessed 7/01/13

Mexico wants improved border infrastructure
Puig, 13 (Carlos, June 5, columnist for Mexican newspaper Milenio, New York Times, “Toeing the Line,” http://latitude.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/06/05/toeing-the-line/)//YS, accessed 7/01/13
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Mexican investment in construction non-uniques disads
Conan 13(Rebecca Conan, Business News Americas, “Mexico's govt to invest US$23.1bn in infrastructure projects by year-end” June 21, 2013 http://www.bnamericas.com/content_syndication/extranet2/story.xsql?id_source=andid_noticia=620211andid_sector=5andTx_idioma=Iandid=987770, RLA) 

Certainty key – without it, border delays and investment decline are inevitable
U.S. Chamber of Commerce, 11 (“Steps to a 21st Century U.S.-Mexico Border”
http://www.uschamber.com/sites/default/files/reports/2011_us_mexico_report.pdf )

Trade Solves Rich-poor gap and infrastructure
Pastor 4 – Robert A., Robert A., Professor at and Founding Director of the Center for North American Studies at American University (“North America's Second Decade,” Foreign Affairs, Jan/Feb 2004)