Tournament: UNT at Guyer HS | Round: 4 | Opponent: Coppell CM | Judge: Max Anderson

1AC – Plan

The United States federal government should increase cooperative investment in land ports of entry with Mexico.

1AC – North American Integration

Advantage 1 : North American Integration

North American regional economic strength is vulnerable. A breakdown of cooperation with Mexico would cause the decline of American power.

Clarkson 26 Mildenberger ’11 Stephen Clarkson, professor of political economy, University of Toronto, and former fellow, Woodrow Wilson Center Matto Mildenberger, Ph.D. student, Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies Dependent America?: How Canada and Mexico Construct Us Power p. 272 

The United States’ relationship with Canada and Mexico thus presents a paradox. Does North
AND
most valuable and easily cultivated foreign asset accelerated its self-induced fall.

Lack of infrastructure will result in regional trade deterioration – collapses the NAFTA agenda

Peters, 09 – Enrique Dussel, professor at the Graduate School of Economics, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México ("Manufacturing Competitiveness: Toward a Regional Development Agenda," The Future of North American Trade Policy: Lessons from NAFTA, Pardee Center, November 2009, http://www.ase.tufts.edu/gdae/Pubs/rp/PardeeNAFTACh2PetersManufNov09.pdf)

One of the Mexican government’s goals in signing NAFTA was to expand its manufacturing sector
AND
little sustained attention to socioeconomic, infrastructure, and other regional development issues.

Mexico’s economic stability is the crucial factor in determining the success of North America as a trade region.

Rubio 2013
Luis Rubio is director general of CIDAC (Center of Research for Development), an independent research institution devoted to the study of economic and political policy issues. He is a prolific writer on political, economic and international subjects. Before joining CIDAC, in the 1970’s he was planning director of Citibank in Mexico and served as an adviser to Mexico’s Secretary of the Treasury. He holds a diploma in Financial Management and his MA and PhD in political science are from Brandeis University. "Mexico Matters: Change in Mexico and Its Impact Upon the United States" Wilson Center April 12 http://wilsoncenter.org/sites/default/files/rubio_mexico_matters.pdf

Mexico’s stability is crucial for the U.S. Although the alleged spillover of
AND
and issues will strongly influence the way the U.S. evolves. 

North American integration key to solve democracy, disease, and the environment

Céspedes ’8 – Diplomat in Residence, School of International Service and Senior Fellow,Center for North American Studies 
Ernesto, North America, Security, and the Next US¶ National Security Strategy:¶ A Reflection, April 29, http://www.american.edu/sis/cnas/upload/0804Cespedes_Reflection.pdf, CMR

Under the topic "Working with others in defusing regional conflicts", Mexico and¶
AND
the Security and Prosperity Partnership for North America from 2005¶ and on.

Democratic decisionmaking is best for the environment, spreads risks proportionately and includes more voices into the equation

Akash Goreeba ~writing for E-International Relations, an online resource and news outlet for global affairs~ Environmental Democracy? Does Anyone Really Care? October 26, 2012
http://www.e-ir.info/2012/10/26/environmental-democracy-does-anyone-really-care/

It is not surprising that EU policy has placed emphasis on just sustainability a year
AND
way to make consideration for the environment a key part of modern life.

Pandemic disease causes extinction

Yu 9—Dartmouth Undergraduate Journal of Science (Victoria, Human Extinction: The Uncertainty of Our Fate, 22 May 2009, http://dujs.dartmouth.edu/spring-2009/human-extinction-the-uncertainty-of-our-fate, AMiles)

A pandemic will kill off all humans. In the past, humans have indeed
AND
could only infect birds — into a human-viable strain (10).

Environmental collapse causes extinction

CASBRC 1 (California Academy of Sciences Biodiversity Resource Center, "Threats To Biodiversity", http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/library/biodiv/biodiversity_defined.html)

Currently, more than 10,000 species become extinct each year and while precise
AND
expertise, it is now, in this time of rapid environmental erosion.

Independently, Regional integration and a strong US-Mexican relationship is a prerequisite to continued US power projection and supremacy.

Pastor 12
Robert A. Pastor is professor and director of the Center for North American Studies at American University. Pastor served as National Security Advisor on Latin America during the Carter Administration.  "Beyond the Continental Divide" From the July/August 2012 issue of The American Interest http://www.the-american-interest.com/article.cfm?piece=1269

Most Americans think that the largest markets for U.S. exports are China
AND
be vastly beneficial. We don’t seem ready to recognize that truth either. 

Loss of American power projection capacity causes global war.

Brooks et al ’13 (Stephen, Associate Professor of Government at Dartmouth College, John Ikenberry is the Albert G. Milbank Professor of Politics and International Affairs at Princeton University, William C. Wohlforth is the Daniel Webster Professor in the Department of Government at Dartmouth College "Don’t Come Home America: The Case Against Retrenchment," International Security, Vol. 37, No. 3 (Winter 2012/13), pp. 7–51)

A core premise of deep engagement is that it prevents the emergence of a far
AND
that of potential rivals is by many measures growing rather than shrinking. 85

AND, statistics prove – Collapse of US leadership causes great power war and extinction

Barnett 11 (Thomas P.M., Former Senior Strategic Researcher and Professor in the Warfare Analysis 26 Research Department, Center for Naval Warfare Studies, U.S. Naval War College American military geostrategist and Chief Analyst at Wikistrat., worked as the Assistant for Strategic Futures in the Office of Force Transformation in the Department of Defense, "The New Rules: Leadership Fatigue Puts U.S., and Globalization, at Crossroads," March 7, CMR)

Events in Libya are a further reminder for Americans that we stand at a crossroads
AND
the 20th century, setting the stage for the Pacific Century now unfolding. 

1AC - Solvency

The plan solves – expanding and improving physical border infrastructure is necessary to facilitate cross-border trade.

Hutchins 2008
Dwight Hutchins Senior Executive, Global Managing Director, Health Public Service Strategy, Accenture Consulting; M.P.A from the JFK School of Government at Harvard University, M.B.A. Northwestern University, and B.S. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Tennessee. "IMPROVING ECONOMIC OUTCOMES BY REDUCING BORDER DELAYS FACILITATING THE VITAL FLOW OF COMMERCIAL TRAFFIC ACROSS THE U.S.-MEXICO BORDER" This study, commissioned by the Department of Commerce’s International Trade Administration, was conducted by Accenture in association with HDR Decision Economics and Crossborder Group Inc. http://shapleigh.org/system/reporting_document/file/487/DRAFT_Reducing_Border_Delays_Findings_and_Options_vFinal_03252008.pdf

An expansion of physical border crossing infrastructure is needed to reduce wait time. Expansion
AND
cleared trucks) either full time or during known periods of peak demand.

And, the plan facilitates improved US-Mexico cooperation while streamlining ports of entry

Bonner 26 Rozental 2009
Robert C. Bonner Former Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection; Former Administrator, Drug Enforcement Administration Andrés Rozental Former Deputy Foreign Minister of Mexico; Former President and Founder Mexican Council on Foreign Relations (COMEXI) "Managing the United States-Mexico Border: Cooperative Solutions to Common Challenges " Report of the Binational Task Force on the United States-Mexico Border  http://www.pacificcouncil.org/document.doc?id=30

The solutions ¶ We believe that that the most effective and efficient way to enhance
AND
the frontier to assist U.S. ¶ Customs and Border Protection.

Mexico says yes -  Mexico is a ready and willing partner for border infrastructure improvements, but the United States has to be the first mover – plan would catalyze growth in legal trade

O’Neil 2013
Shannon O’Neil is Senior Fellow for Latin America Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR), "Mexico Makes It: A Transformed Society, Economy, and Government" March/April 2013 Foreign Affairs http://www.cfr.org/mexico/mexico-makes/p30098

BORDER BUDDIES Since NAFTA was passed, U.S.-Mexican trade has more
AND
to boost the United States’ exports, jobs, and overall economic growth.

The plan solves, Cooperation between the US and Mexico creates North American regional integration and stability.

Zamora 2011
 Stephen Zamora Leonard B. Rosenberg Professor of Law, University of Houston Law Center. Villanova Law Review 2011 Villanova Law Review 56 Vill. L. Rev. 631 RETHINKING NORTH AMERICA: WHY NAFTA’S LAISSEZ FAIRE APPROACH TO INTEGRATION IS FLAWED, AND WHAT TO DO ABOUT IT Lexis

As already noted, the NAFTA governments did not stress that there was a geopolitical
AND
areas as migration and labor disputes, climate changes, and energy. n82

Tournament: UNT at Guyer HS | Round: 2 | Opponent: Grapevine US | Judge: Danny Abbas

1AC – Plan

The United States federal government should increase cooperative investment in land ports of entry with Mexico.

1AC – North American Integration

Advantage 1 : North American Integration

North American regional economic strength is vulnerable. A breakdown of cooperation with Mexico would cause the decline of American power.

Clarkson 26 Mildenberger ’11 Stephen Clarkson, professor of political economy, University of Toronto, and former fellow, Woodrow Wilson Center Matto Mildenberger, Ph.D. student, Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies Dependent America?: How Canada and Mexico Construct Us Power p. 272 

The United States’ relationship with Canada and Mexico thus presents a paradox. Does North
AND
most valuable and easily cultivated foreign asset accelerated its self-induced fall.

Lack of infrastructure will result in regional trade deterioration – collapses the NAFTA agenda

Peters, 09 – Enrique Dussel, professor at the Graduate School of Economics, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México ("Manufacturing Competitiveness: Toward a Regional Development Agenda," The Future of North American Trade Policy: Lessons from NAFTA, Pardee Center, November 2009, http://www.ase.tufts.edu/gdae/Pubs/rp/PardeeNAFTACh2PetersManufNov09.pdf)

One of the Mexican government’s goals in signing NAFTA was to expand its manufacturing sector
AND
little sustained attention to socioeconomic, infrastructure, and other regional development issues.

Mexico’s economic stability is the crucial factor in determining the success of North America as a trade region.

Rubio 2013
Luis Rubio is director general of CIDAC (Center of Research for Development), an independent research institution devoted to the study of economic and political policy issues. He is a prolific writer on political, economic and international subjects. Before joining CIDAC, in the 1970’s he was planning director of Citibank in Mexico and served as an adviser to Mexico’s Secretary of the Treasury. He holds a diploma in Financial Management and his MA and PhD in political science are from Brandeis University. "Mexico Matters: Change in Mexico and Its Impact Upon the United States" Wilson Center April 12 http://wilsoncenter.org/sites/default/files/rubio_mexico_matters.pdf

Mexico’s stability is crucial for the U.S. Although the alleged spillover of
AND
and issues will strongly influence the way the U.S. evolves. 

North American integration key to solve democracy, disease, and the environment

Céspedes ’8 – Diplomat in Residence, School of International Service and Senior Fellow,Center for North American Studies 
Ernesto, North America, Security, and the Next US¶ National Security Strategy:¶ A Reflection, April 29, http://www.american.edu/sis/cnas/upload/0804Cespedes_Reflection.pdf, CMR

Under the topic "Working with others in defusing regional conflicts", Mexico and¶
AND
the Security and Prosperity Partnership for North America from 2005¶ and on.

Democratic decisionmaking is best for the environment, spreads risks proportionately and includes more voices into the equation

Akash Goreeba ~writing for E-International Relations, an online resource and news outlet for global affairs~ Environmental Democracy? Does Anyone Really Care? October 26, 2012
http://www.e-ir.info/2012/10/26/environmental-democracy-does-anyone-really-care/

It is not surprising that EU policy has placed emphasis on just sustainability a year
AND
way to make consideration for the environment a key part of modern life.

Pandemic disease causes extinction

Yu 9—Dartmouth Undergraduate Journal of Science (Victoria, Human Extinction: The Uncertainty of Our Fate, 22 May 2009, http://dujs.dartmouth.edu/spring-2009/human-extinction-the-uncertainty-of-our-fate, AMiles)

A pandemic will kill off all humans. In the past, humans have indeed
AND
could only infect birds — into a human-viable strain (10).

Environmental collapse causes extinction

CASBRC 1 (California Academy of Sciences Biodiversity Resource Center, "Threats To Biodiversity", http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/library/biodiv/biodiversity_defined.html)

Currently, more than 10,000 species become extinct each year and while precise
AND
expertise, it is now, in this time of rapid environmental erosion.

Independently, Regional integration and a strong US-Mexican relationship is a prerequisite to continued US power projection and supremacy.

Pastor 12
Robert A. Pastor is professor and director of the Center for North American Studies at American University. Pastor served as National Security Advisor on Latin America during the Carter Administration.  "Beyond the Continental Divide" From the July/August 2012 issue of The American Interest http://www.the-american-interest.com/article.cfm?piece=1269

Most Americans think that the largest markets for U.S. exports are China
AND
be vastly beneficial. We don’t seem ready to recognize that truth either. 

Loss of American power projection capacity causes global war.

Brooks et al ’13 (Stephen, Associate Professor of Government at Dartmouth College, John Ikenberry is the Albert G. Milbank Professor of Politics and International Affairs at Princeton University, William C. Wohlforth is the Daniel Webster Professor in the Department of Government at Dartmouth College "Don’t Come Home America: The Case Against Retrenchment," International Security, Vol. 37, No. 3 (Winter 2012/13), pp. 7–51)

A core premise of deep engagement is that it prevents the emergence of a far
AND
that of potential rivals is by many measures growing rather than shrinking. 85

AND, statistics prove – Collapse of US leadership causes great power war and extinction

Barnett 11 (Thomas P.M., Former Senior Strategic Researcher and Professor in the Warfare Analysis 26 Research Department, Center for Naval Warfare Studies, U.S. Naval War College American military geostrategist and Chief Analyst at Wikistrat., worked as the Assistant for Strategic Futures in the Office of Force Transformation in the Department of Defense, "The New Rules: Leadership Fatigue Puts U.S., and Globalization, at Crossroads," March 7, CMR)

Events in Libya are a further reminder for Americans that we stand at a crossroads
AND
the 20th century, setting the stage for the Pacific Century now unfolding. 

1AC - Solvency

The plan solves – expanding and improving physical border infrastructure is necessary to facilitate cross-border trade.

Hutchins 2008
Dwight Hutchins Senior Executive, Global Managing Director, Health Public Service Strategy, Accenture Consulting; M.P.A from the JFK School of Government at Harvard University, M.B.A. Northwestern University, and B.S. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Tennessee. "IMPROVING ECONOMIC OUTCOMES BY REDUCING BORDER DELAYS FACILITATING THE VITAL FLOW OF COMMERCIAL TRAFFIC ACROSS THE U.S.-MEXICO BORDER" This study, commissioned by the Department of Commerce’s International Trade Administration, was conducted by Accenture in association with HDR Decision Economics and Crossborder Group Inc. http://shapleigh.org/system/reporting_document/file/487/DRAFT_Reducing_Border_Delays_Findings_and_Options_vFinal_03252008.pdf

An expansion of physical border crossing infrastructure is needed to reduce wait time. Expansion
AND
cleared trucks) either full time or during known periods of peak demand.

And, the plan facilitates improved US-Mexico cooperation while streamlining ports of entry

Bonner 26 Rozental 2009
Robert C. Bonner Former Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection; Former Administrator, Drug Enforcement Administration Andrés Rozental Former Deputy Foreign Minister of Mexico; Former President and Founder Mexican Council on Foreign Relations (COMEXI) "Managing the United States-Mexico Border: Cooperative Solutions to Common Challenges " Report of the Binational Task Force on the United States-Mexico Border  http://www.pacificcouncil.org/document.doc?id=30

The solutions ¶ We believe that that the most effective and efficient way to enhance
AND
the frontier to assist U.S. ¶ Customs and Border Protection.

Mexico says yes -  Mexico is a ready and willing partner for border infrastructure improvements, but the United States has to be the first mover – plan would catalyze growth in legal trade

O’Neil 2013
Shannon O’Neil is Senior Fellow for Latin America Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR), "Mexico Makes It: A Transformed Society, Economy, and Government" March/April 2013 Foreign Affairs http://www.cfr.org/mexico/mexico-makes/p30098

BORDER BUDDIES Since NAFTA was passed, U.S.-Mexican trade has more
AND
to boost the United States’ exports, jobs, and overall economic growth.

The plan solves, Cooperation between the US and Mexico creates North American regional integration and stability.

Zamora 2011
 Stephen Zamora Leonard B. Rosenberg Professor of Law, University of Houston Law Center. Villanova Law Review 2011 Villanova Law Review 56 Vill. L. Rev. 631 RETHINKING NORTH AMERICA: WHY NAFTA’S LAISSEZ FAIRE APPROACH TO INTEGRATION IS FLAWED, AND WHAT TO DO ABOUT IT Lexis

As already noted, the NAFTA governments did not stress that there was a geopolitical
AND
areas as migration and labor disputes, climate changes, and energy. n82

Tournament: Hockaday | Round: 2 | Opponent: Greenhill DJ | Judge: Seabass Barnes
1AC – Plan

The United States federal government should increase cooperative investment in land ports of entry with Mexico.
1AC – North American Integration

Advantage 1 : North American Integration
North American regional economic strength is vulnerable. A breakdown of cooperation with Mexico would cause the decline of American power.
Clarkson 26 Mildenberger ’11 Stephen Clarkson, professor of political economy, University of Toronto, and former fellow, Woodrow Wilson Center Matto Mildenberger, Ph.D. student, Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies Dependent America?: How Canada and Mexico Construct Us Power p. 272 

The United States’ relationship with Canada and Mexico thus presents a paradox. Does North
AND
most valuable and easily cultivated foreign asset accelerated its self-induced fall.

Lack of infrastructure will result in regional trade deterioration – collapses the NAFTA agenda
Peters, 09 – Enrique Dussel, professor at the Graduate School of Economics, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México ("Manufacturing Competitiveness: Toward a Regional Development Agenda," The Future of North American Trade Policy: Lessons from NAFTA, Pardee Center, November 2009, http://www.ase.tufts.edu/gdae/Pubs/rp/PardeeNAFTACh2PetersManufNov09.pdf)

One of the Mexican government’s goals in signing NAFTA was to expand its manufacturing sector
AND
little sustained attention to socioeconomic, infrastructure, and other regional development issues.

Mexico’s economic stability is the crucial factor in determining the success of North America as a trade region.
Rubio 2013
Luis Rubio is director general of CIDAC (Center of Research for Development), an independent research institution devoted to the study of economic and political policy issues. He is a prolific writer on political, economic and international subjects. Before joining CIDAC, in the 1970’s he was planning director of Citibank in Mexico and served as an adviser to Mexico’s Secretary of the Treasury. He holds a diploma in Financial Management and his MA and PhD in political science are from Brandeis University. "Mexico Matters: Change in Mexico and Its Impact Upon the United States" Wilson Center April 12 http://wilsoncenter.org/sites/default/files/rubio_mexico_matters.pdf

Mexico’s stability is crucial for the U.S. Although the alleged spillover of
AND
and issues will strongly influence the way the U.S. evolves. 

North American integration key to solve democracy, disease, and the environment
Céspedes ’8 – Diplomat in Residence, School of International Service and Senior Fellow,Center for North American Studies
Ernesto, North America, Security, and the Next US¶ National Security Strategy:¶ A Reflection, April 29, http://www.american.edu/sis/cnas/upload/0804Cespedes_Reflection.pdf, CMR

Under the topic "Working with others in defusing regional conflicts", Mexico and¶
AND
the Security and Prosperity Partnership for North America from 2005¶ and on.

Democratic decisionmaking is best for the environment, spreads risks proportionately and includes more voices into the equation
Akash Goreeba writing for E-International Relations, an online resource and news outlet for global affairs Environmental Democracy? Does Anyone Really Care? October 26, 2012
http://www.e-ir.info/2012/10/26/environmental-democracy-does-anyone-really-care/

It is not surprising that EU policy has placed emphasis on just sustainability a year
AND
way to make consideration for the environment a key part of modern life.

Pandemic disease causes extinction
Yu 9—Dartmouth Undergraduate Journal of Science (Victoria, Human Extinction: The Uncertainty of Our Fate, 22 May 2009, http://dujs.dartmouth.edu/spring-2009/human-extinction-the-uncertainty-of-our-fate, AMiles)

A pandemic will kill off all humans. In the past, humans have indeed
AND
could only infect birds — into a human-viable strain (10).

Environmental collapse causes extinction
CASBRC 1 (California Academy of Sciences Biodiversity Resource Center, "Threats To Biodiversity", http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/library/biodiv/biodiversity_defined.html)

Currently, more than 10,000 species become extinct each year and while precise
AND
expertise, it is now, in this time of rapid environmental erosion.

Independently, Regional integration and a strong US-Mexican relationship is a prerequisite to continued US power projection and supremacy.
Pastor 12
Robert A. Pastor is professor and director of the Center for North American Studies at American University. Pastor served as National Security Advisor on Latin America during the Carter Administration.  "Beyond the Continental Divide" From the July/August 2012 issue of The American Interest http://www.the-american-interest.com/article.cfm?piece=1269

Most Americans think that the largest markets for U.S. exports are China
AND
be vastly beneficial. We don’t seem ready to recognize that truth either. 

Loss of American power projection capacity causes global war.
Brooks et al ’13 (Stephen, Associate Professor of Government at Dartmouth College, John Ikenberry is the Albert G. Milbank Professor of Politics and International Affairs at Princeton University, William C. Wohlforth is the Daniel Webster Professor in the Department of Government at Dartmouth College "Don’t Come Home America: The Case Against Retrenchment," International Security, Vol. 37, No. 3 (Winter 2012/13), pp. 7–51)

A core premise of deep engagement is that it prevents the emergence of a far
AND
that of potential rivals is by many measures growing rather than shrinking. 85

AND, statistics prove – Collapse of US leadership causes great power war and extinction
Barnett 11 (Thomas P.M., Former Senior Strategic Researcher and Professor in the Warfare Analysis 26 Research Department, Center for Naval Warfare Studies, U.S. Naval War College American military geostrategist and Chief Analyst at Wikistrat., worked as the Assistant for Strategic Futures in the Office of Force Transformation in the Department of Defense, "The New Rules: Leadership Fatigue Puts U.S., and Globalization, at Crossroads," March 7, CMR)

Events in Libya are a further reminder for Americans that we stand at a crossroads
AND
the 20th century, setting the stage for the Pacific Century now unfolding. 

1AC - Solvency

The plan solves – expanding and improving physical border infrastructure is necessary to facilitate cross-border trade.
Hutchins 2008
Dwight Hutchins Senior Executive, Global Managing Director, Health Public Service Strategy, Accenture Consulting; M.P.A from the JFK School of Government at Harvard University, M.B.A. Northwestern University, and B.S. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Tennessee. "IMPROVING ECONOMIC OUTCOMES BY REDUCING BORDER DELAYS FACILITATING THE VITAL FLOW OF COMMERCIAL TRAFFIC ACROSS THE U.S.-MEXICO BORDER" This study, commissioned by the Department of Commerce’s International Trade Administration, was conducted by Accenture in association with HDR Decision Economics and Crossborder Group Inc. http://shapleigh.org/system/reporting_document/file/487/DRAFT_Reducing_Border_Delays_Findings_and_Options_vFinal_03252008.pdf

An expansion of physical border crossing infrastructure is needed to reduce wait time. Expansion
AND
cleared trucks) either full time or during known periods of peak demand.

And, the plan facilitates improved US-Mexico cooperation while streamlining ports of entry
Bonner 26 Rozental 2009
Robert C. Bonner Former Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection; Former Administrator, Drug Enforcement Administration Andrés Rozental Former Deputy Foreign Minister of Mexico; Former President and Founder Mexican Council on Foreign Relations (COMEXI) "Managing the United States-Mexico Border: Cooperative Solutions to Common Challenges " Report of the Binational Task Force on the United States-Mexico Border  http://www.pacificcouncil.org/document.doc?id=30

The solutions ¶ We believe that that the most effective and efficient way to enhance
AND
the frontier to assist U.S. ¶ Customs and Border Protection.

Mexico says yes -  Mexico is a ready and willing partner for border infrastructure improvements, but the United States has to be the first mover – plan would catalyze growth in legal trade
O’Neil 2013
Shannon O’Neil is Senior Fellow for Latin America Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR), "Mexico Makes It: A Transformed Society, Economy, and Government" March/April 2013 Foreign Affairs http://www.cfr.org/mexico/mexico-makes/p30098

BORDER BUDDIES Since NAFTA was passed, U.S.-Mexican trade has more
AND
to boost the United States’ exports, jobs, and overall economic growth.

The plan solves, Cooperation between the US and Mexico creates North American regional integration and stability.
Zamora 2011
 Stephen Zamora Leonard B. Rosenberg Professor of Law, University of Houston Law Center. Villanova Law Review 2011 Villanova Law Review 56 Vill. L. Rev. 631 RETHINKING NORTH AMERICA: WHY NAFTA’S LAISSEZ FAIRE APPROACH TO INTEGRATION IS FLAWED, AND WHAT TO DO ABOUT IT Lexis

As already noted, the NAFTA governments did not stress that there was a geopolitical
AND
areas as migration and labor disputes, climate changes, and energy. n82

Tournament: Hockaday | Round: 4 | Opponent: Coppell SG | Judge: Louie Petit
1AC – Plan

The United States federal government should increase cooperative investment in land ports of entry with Mexico.
1AC – North American Integration

Advantage 1 : North American Integration
North American regional economic strength is vulnerable. A breakdown of cooperation with Mexico would cause the decline of American power.
Clarkson 26 Mildenberger ’11 Stephen Clarkson, professor of political economy, University of Toronto, and former fellow, Woodrow Wilson Center Matto Mildenberger, Ph.D. student, Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies Dependent America?: How Canada and Mexico Construct Us Power p. 272 

The United States’ relationship with Canada and Mexico thus presents a paradox. Does North
AND
most valuable and easily cultivated foreign asset accelerated its self-induced fall.

Lack of infrastructure will result in regional trade deterioration – collapses the NAFTA agenda
Peters, 09 – Enrique Dussel, professor at the Graduate School of Economics, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México ("Manufacturing Competitiveness: Toward a Regional Development Agenda," The Future of North American Trade Policy: Lessons from NAFTA, Pardee Center, November 2009, http://www.ase.tufts.edu/gdae/Pubs/rp/PardeeNAFTACh2PetersManufNov09.pdf)

One of the Mexican government’s goals in signing NAFTA was to expand its manufacturing sector
AND
little sustained attention to socioeconomic, infrastructure, and other regional development issues.

Mexico’s economic stability is the crucial factor in determining the success of North America as a trade region.
Rubio 2013
Luis Rubio is director general of CIDAC (Center of Research for Development), an independent research institution devoted to the study of economic and political policy issues. He is a prolific writer on political, economic and international subjects. Before joining CIDAC, in the 1970’s he was planning director of Citibank in Mexico and served as an adviser to Mexico’s Secretary of the Treasury. He holds a diploma in Financial Management and his MA and PhD in political science are from Brandeis University. "Mexico Matters: Change in Mexico and Its Impact Upon the United States" Wilson Center April 12 http://wilsoncenter.org/sites/default/files/rubio_mexico_matters.pdf

Mexico’s stability is crucial for the U.S. Although the alleged spillover of
AND
and issues will strongly influence the way the U.S. evolves. 

North American integration key to solve democracy, disease, and the environment
Céspedes ’8 – Diplomat in Residence, School of International Service and Senior Fellow,Center for North American Studies
Ernesto, North America, Security, and the Next US¶ National Security Strategy:¶ A Reflection, April 29, http://www.american.edu/sis/cnas/upload/0804Cespedes_Reflection.pdf, CMR

Under the topic "Working with others in defusing regional conflicts", Mexico and¶
AND
the Security and Prosperity Partnership for North America from 2005¶ and on.

Democratic decisionmaking is best for the environment, spreads risks proportionately and includes more voices into the equation
Akash Goreeba writing for E-International Relations, an online resource and news outlet for global affairs Environmental Democracy? Does Anyone Really Care? October 26, 2012
http://www.e-ir.info/2012/10/26/environmental-democracy-does-anyone-really-care/

It is not surprising that EU policy has placed emphasis on just sustainability a year
AND
way to make consideration for the environment a key part of modern life.

Pandemic disease causes extinction
Yu 9—Dartmouth Undergraduate Journal of Science (Victoria, Human Extinction: The Uncertainty of Our Fate, 22 May 2009, http://dujs.dartmouth.edu/spring-2009/human-extinction-the-uncertainty-of-our-fate, AMiles)

A pandemic will kill off all humans. In the past, humans have indeed
AND
could only infect birds — into a human-viable strain (10).

Environmental collapse causes extinction
CASBRC 1 (California Academy of Sciences Biodiversity Resource Center, "Threats To Biodiversity", http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/library/biodiv/biodiversity_defined.html)

Currently, more than 10,000 species become extinct each year and while precise
AND
expertise, it is now, in this time of rapid environmental erosion.

Independently, Regional integration and a strong US-Mexican relationship is a prerequisite to continued US power projection and supremacy.
Pastor 12
Robert A. Pastor is professor and director of the Center for North American Studies at American University. Pastor served as National Security Advisor on Latin America during the Carter Administration.  "Beyond the Continental Divide" From the July/August 2012 issue of The American Interest http://www.the-american-interest.com/article.cfm?piece=1269

Most Americans think that the largest markets for U.S. exports are China
AND
be vastly beneficial. We don’t seem ready to recognize that truth either. 

Loss of American power projection capacity causes global war.
Brooks et al ’13 (Stephen, Associate Professor of Government at Dartmouth College, John Ikenberry is the Albert G. Milbank Professor of Politics and International Affairs at Princeton University, William C. Wohlforth is the Daniel Webster Professor in the Department of Government at Dartmouth College "Don’t Come Home America: The Case Against Retrenchment," International Security, Vol. 37, No. 3 (Winter 2012/13), pp. 7–51)

A core premise of deep engagement is that it prevents the emergence of a far
AND
that of potential rivals is by many measures growing rather than shrinking. 85

AND, statistics prove – Collapse of US leadership causes great power war and extinction
Barnett 11 (Thomas P.M., Former Senior Strategic Researcher and Professor in the Warfare Analysis 26 Research Department, Center for Naval Warfare Studies, U.S. Naval War College American military geostrategist and Chief Analyst at Wikistrat., worked as the Assistant for Strategic Futures in the Office of Force Transformation in the Department of Defense, "The New Rules: Leadership Fatigue Puts U.S., and Globalization, at Crossroads," March 7, CMR)

Events in Libya are a further reminder for Americans that we stand at a crossroads
AND
the 20th century, setting the stage for the Pacific Century now unfolding. 

1AC - Solvency

The plan solves – expanding and improving physical border infrastructure is necessary to facilitate cross-border trade.
Hutchins 2008
Dwight Hutchins Senior Executive, Global Managing Director, Health Public Service Strategy, Accenture Consulting; M.P.A from the JFK School of Government at Harvard University, M.B.A. Northwestern University, and B.S. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Tennessee. "IMPROVING ECONOMIC OUTCOMES BY REDUCING BORDER DELAYS FACILITATING THE VITAL FLOW OF COMMERCIAL TRAFFIC ACROSS THE U.S.-MEXICO BORDER" This study, commissioned by the Department of Commerce’s International Trade Administration, was conducted by Accenture in association with HDR Decision Economics and Crossborder Group Inc. http://shapleigh.org/system/reporting_document/file/487/DRAFT_Reducing_Border_Delays_Findings_and_Options_vFinal_03252008.pdf

An expansion of physical border crossing infrastructure is needed to reduce wait time. Expansion
AND
cleared trucks) either full time or during known periods of peak demand.

And, the plan facilitates improved US-Mexico cooperation while streamlining ports of entry
Bonner 26 Rozental 2009
Robert C. Bonner Former Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection; Former Administrator, Drug Enforcement Administration Andrés Rozental Former Deputy Foreign Minister of Mexico; Former President and Founder Mexican Council on Foreign Relations (COMEXI) "Managing the United States-Mexico Border: Cooperative Solutions to Common Challenges " Report of the Binational Task Force on the United States-Mexico Border  http://www.pacificcouncil.org/document.doc?id=30

The solutions ¶ We believe that that the most effective and efficient way to enhance
AND
the frontier to assist U.S. ¶ Customs and Border Protection.

Mexico says yes -  Mexico is a ready and willing partner for border infrastructure improvements, but the United States has to be the first mover – plan would catalyze growth in legal trade
O’Neil 2013
Shannon O’Neil is Senior Fellow for Latin America Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR), "Mexico Makes It: A Transformed Society, Economy, and Government" March/April 2013 Foreign Affairs http://www.cfr.org/mexico/mexico-makes/p30098

BORDER BUDDIES Since NAFTA was passed, U.S.-Mexican trade has more
AND
to boost the United States’ exports, jobs, and overall economic growth.

The plan solves, Cooperation between the US and Mexico creates North American regional integration and stability.
Zamora 2011
 Stephen Zamora Leonard B. Rosenberg Professor of Law, University of Houston Law Center. Villanova Law Review 2011 Villanova Law Review 56 Vill. L. Rev. 631 RETHINKING NORTH AMERICA: WHY NAFTA’S LAISSEZ FAIRE APPROACH TO INTEGRATION IS FLAWED, AND WHAT TO DO ABOUT IT Lexis

As already noted, the NAFTA governments did not stress that there was a geopolitical
AND
areas as migration and labor disputes, climate changes, and energy. n82

Tournament: PESH- Day 1 | Round: 1 | Opponent:  | Judge:
1AC – Plan

The United States federal government should increase cooperative investment in land ports of entry with Mexico.
1AC – North American Integration

Advantage 1 : North American Integration
North American regional economic strength is vulnerable. A breakdown of cooperation with Mexico would cause the decline of American power.
Clarkson 26 Mildenberger ’11 Stephen Clarkson, professor of political economy, University of Toronto, and former fellow, Woodrow Wilson Center Matto Mildenberger, Ph.D. student, Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies Dependent America?: How Canada and Mexico Construct Us Power p. 272 

The United States’ relationship with Canada and Mexico thus presents a paradox. Does North
AND
most valuable and easily cultivated foreign asset accelerated its self-induced fall.

Lack of infrastructure will result in regional trade deterioration – collapses the NAFTA agenda
Peters, 09 – Enrique Dussel, professor at the Graduate School of Economics, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México ("Manufacturing Competitiveness: Toward a Regional Development Agenda," The Future of North American Trade Policy: Lessons from NAFTA, Pardee Center, November 2009, http://www.ase.tufts.edu/gdae/Pubs/rp/PardeeNAFTACh2PetersManufNov09.pdf)

One of the Mexican government’s goals in signing NAFTA was to expand its manufacturing sector
AND
little sustained attention to socioeconomic, infrastructure, and other regional development issues.

Mexico’s economic stability is the crucial factor in determining the success of North America as a trade region.
Rubio 2013
Luis Rubio is director general of CIDAC (Center of Research for Development), an independent research institution devoted to the study of economic and political policy issues. He is a prolific writer on political, economic and international subjects. Before joining CIDAC, in the 1970’s he was planning director of Citibank in Mexico and served as an adviser to Mexico’s Secretary of the Treasury. He holds a diploma in Financial Management and his MA and PhD in political science are from Brandeis University. "Mexico Matters: Change in Mexico and Its Impact Upon the United States" Wilson Center April 12 http://wilsoncenter.org/sites/default/files/rubio_mexico_matters.pdf

Mexico’s stability is crucial for the U.S. Although the alleged spillover of
AND
and issues will strongly influence the way the U.S. evolves. 

North American integration key to solve democracy, disease, and the environment
Céspedes ’8 – Diplomat in Residence, School of International Service and Senior Fellow,Center for North American Studies
Ernesto, North America, Security, and the Next US¶ National Security Strategy:¶ A Reflection, April 29, http://www.american.edu/sis/cnas/upload/0804Cespedes_Reflection.pdf, CMR

Under the topic "Working with others in defusing regional conflicts", Mexico and¶
AND
the Security and Prosperity Partnership for North America from 2005¶ and on.

Pandemic disease causes extinction
Yu 9—Dartmouth Undergraduate Journal of Science (Victoria, Human Extinction: The Uncertainty of Our Fate, 22 May 2009, http://dujs.dartmouth.edu/spring-2009/human-extinction-the-uncertainty-of-our-fate, AMiles)

A pandemic will kill off all humans. In the past, humans have indeed
AND
could only infect birds — into a human-viable strain (10).

Environmental collapse causes extinction
CASBRC 1 (California Academy of Sciences Biodiversity Resource Center, "Threats To Biodiversity", http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/library/biodiv/biodiversity_defined.html)

Currently, more than 10,000 species become extinct each year and while precise
AND
expertise, it is now, in this time of rapid environmental erosion.

Independently, Regional integration and a strong US-Mexican relationship is a prerequisite to continued US power projection and supremacy.
Pastor 12
Robert A. Pastor is professor and director of the Center for North American Studies at American University. Pastor served as National Security Advisor on Latin America during the Carter Administration.  "Beyond the Continental Divide" From the July/August 2012 issue of The American Interest http://www.the-american-interest.com/article.cfm?piece=1269

Most Americans think that the largest markets for U.S. exports are China
AND
be vastly beneficial. We don’t seem ready to recognize that truth either. 

Loss of American power projection capacity causes global war.
Brooks et al ’13 (Stephen, Associate Professor of Government at Dartmouth College, John Ikenberry is the Albert G. Milbank Professor of Politics and International Affairs at Princeton University, William C. Wohlforth is the Daniel Webster Professor in the Department of Government at Dartmouth College "Don’t Come Home America: The Case Against Retrenchment," International Security, Vol. 37, No. 3 (Winter 2012/13), pp. 7–51)

A core premise of deep engagement is that it prevents the emergence of a far
AND
that of potential rivals is by many measures growing rather than shrinking. 85

AND, statistics prove – Collapse of US leadership causes great power war and extinction
Barnett 11 (Thomas P.M., Former Senior Strategic Researcher and Professor in the Warfare Analysis 26 Research Department, Center for Naval Warfare Studies, U.S. Naval War College American military geostrategist and Chief Analyst at Wikistrat., worked as the Assistant for Strategic Futures in the Office of Force Transformation in the Department of Defense, "The New Rules: Leadership Fatigue Puts U.S., and Globalization, at Crossroads," March 7, CMR)

Events in Libya are a further reminder for Americans that we stand at a crossroads
AND
the 20th century, setting the stage for the Pacific Century now unfolding. 

1AC - Solvency

The plan solves – expanding and improving physical border infrastructure is necessary to facilitate cross-border trade.
Hutchins 2008
Dwight Hutchins Senior Executive, Global Managing Director, Health Public Service Strategy, Accenture Consulting; M.P.A from the JFK School of Government at Harvard University, M.B.A. Northwestern University, and B.S. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Tennessee. "IMPROVING ECONOMIC OUTCOMES BY REDUCING BORDER DELAYS FACILITATING THE VITAL FLOW OF COMMERCIAL TRAFFIC ACROSS THE U.S.-MEXICO BORDER" This study, commissioned by the Department of Commerce’s International Trade Administration, was conducted by Accenture in association with HDR Decision Economics and Crossborder Group Inc. http://shapleigh.org/system/reporting_document/file/487/DRAFT_Reducing_Border_Delays_Findings_and_Options_vFinal_03252008.pdf

An expansion of physical border crossing infrastructure is needed to reduce wait time. Expansion
AND
cleared trucks) either full time or during known periods of peak demand.

And, the plan facilitates improved US-Mexico cooperation while streamlining ports of entry
Bonner 26 Rozental 2009
Robert C. Bonner Former Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection; Former Administrator, Drug Enforcement Administration Andrés Rozental Former Deputy Foreign Minister of Mexico; Former President and Founder Mexican Council on Foreign Relations (COMEXI) "Managing the United States-Mexico Border: Cooperative Solutions to Common Challenges " Report of the Binational Task Force on the United States-Mexico Border  http://www.pacificcouncil.org/document.doc?id=30

The solutions ¶ We believe that that the most effective and efficient way to enhance
AND
the frontier to assist U.S. ¶ Customs and Border Protection.

Mexico says yes -  Mexico is a ready and willing partner for border infrastructure improvements, but the United States has to be the first mover – plan would catalyze growth in legal trade
O’Neil 2013
Shannon O’Neil is Senior Fellow for Latin America Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR), "Mexico Makes It: A Transformed Society, Economy, and Government" March/April 2013 Foreign Affairs http://www.cfr.org/mexico/mexico-makes/p30098

BORDER BUDDIES Since NAFTA was passed, U.S.-Mexican trade has more
AND
to boost the United States’ exports, jobs, and overall economic growth.

The plan solves, Cooperation between the US and Mexico creates North American regional integration and stability.
Zamora 2011
 Stephen Zamora Leonard B. Rosenberg Professor of Law, University of Houston Law Center. Villanova Law Review 2011 Villanova Law Review 56 Vill. L. Rev. 631 RETHINKING NORTH AMERICA: WHY NAFTA’S LAISSEZ FAIRE APPROACH TO INTEGRATION IS FLAWED, AND WHAT TO DO ABOUT IT Lexis

As already noted, the NAFTA governments did not stress that there was a geopolitical
AND
areas as migration and labor disputes, climate changes, and energy. n82

Tournament: Plano West | Round: 1 | Opponent: Law Magnet | Judge:
1AC – Plan
The United States federal government should increase cooperative investment in land ports of entry with Mexico. 

1AC – North American Integration  
Advantage 1 : North American Integration
North American regional economic strength is vulnerable. A breakdown of cooperation with Mexico would cause the decline of American power.
Clarkson and Mildenberger ‘11 Stephen Clarkson, professor of political economy, University of Toronto, and former fellow, Woodrow Wilson Center Matto Mildenberger, Ph.D. student, Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies Dependent America?: How Canada and Mexico Construct Us Power p. 272 

The United States’… self-induced fall.

Lack of infrastructure will result in regional trade deterioration – collapses the NAFTA agenda
Peters, 09 – Enrique Dussel, professor at the Graduate School of Economics, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (“Manufacturing Competitiveness: Toward a Regional Development Agenda,” The Future of North American Trade Policy: Lessons from NAFTA, Pardee Center, November 2009, http://www.ase.tufts.edu/gdae/Pubs/rp/PardeeNAFTACh2PetersManufNov09.pdf)

One of the … regional development issues.
Mexico’s economic stability is the crucial factor in determining the success of North America as a trade region.
Rubio 2013
Luis Rubio is director general of CIDAC (Center of Research for Development), an independent research institution devoted to the study of economic and political policy issues. He is a prolific writer on political, economic and international subjects. Before joining CIDAC, in the 1970's he was planning director of Citibank in Mexico and served as an adviser to Mexico's Secretary of the Treasury. He holds a diploma in Financial Management and his MA and PhD in political science are from Brandeis University. “Mexico Matters: Change in Mexico and Its Impact Upon the United States” Wilson Center April 12 http://wilsoncenter.org/sites/default/files/rubio_mexico_matters.pdf

Mexico’s stability is … the U.S. evolves. 

North American integration key to solve democracy, disease, and the environment
Céspedes ‘8 – Diplomat in Residence, School of International Service and Senior Fellow,Center for North American Studies
Ernesto, North America, Security, and the Next US¶ National Security Strategy:¶ A Reflection, April 29, http://www.american.edu/sis/cnas/upload/0804Cespedes_Reflection.pdf, CMR

Under the topic … 2005¶ and on.
Pandemic disease causes extinction
Yu 9—Dartmouth Undergraduate Journal of Science (Victoria, Human Extinction: The Uncertainty of Our Fate, 22 May 2009, http://dujs.dartmouth.edu/spring-2009/human-extinction-the-uncertainty-of-our-fate, AMiles)

A pandemic will…  human-viable strain (10).
Environmental collapse causes extinction
CASBRC 1 (California Academy of Sciences Biodiversity Resource Center, “Threats To Biodiversity”, http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/library/biodiv/biodiversity_defined.html)

Currently, more than … rapid environmental erosion.

Independently, Regional integration and a strong US-Mexican relationship is a prerequisite to continued US power projection and supremacy.
Pastor 12
Robert A. Pastor is professor and director of the Center for North American Studies at American University. Pastor served as National Security Advisor on Latin America during the Carter Administration.  “Beyond the Continental Divide” From the July/August 2012 issue of The American Interest http://www.the-american-interest.com/article.cfm?piece=1269

Most Americans think … that truth either.
Loss of American power projection capacity causes global war.
Brooks et al ’13 (Stephen, Associate Professor of Government at Dartmouth College, John Ikenberry is the Albert G. Milbank Professor of Politics and International Affairs at Princeton University, William C. Wohlforth is the Daniel Webster Professor in the Department of Government at Dartmouth College “Don’t Come Home America: The Case Against Retrenchment,” International Security, Vol. 37, No. 3 (Winter 2012/13), pp. 7–51)

A core premise … rather than shrinking. 85
AND, statistics prove – Collapse of US leadership causes great power war and extinction
Barnett 11 (Thomas P.M., Former Senior Strategic Researcher and Professor in the Warfare Analysis and Research Department, Center for Naval Warfare Studies, U.S. Naval War College American military geostrategist and Chief Analyst at Wikistrat., worked as the Assistant for Strategic Futures in the Office of Force Transformation in the Department of Defense, “The New Rules: Leadership Fatigue Puts U.S., and Globalization, at Crossroads,” March 7, CMR)

Events in Libya … Century now unfolding. 

1AC - Solvency
The plan solves – expanding and improving physical border infrastructure is necessary to facilitate cross-border trade.
Hutchins 2008
Dwight Hutchins Senior Executive, Global Managing Director, Health Public Service Strategy, Accenture Consulting; M.P.A from the JFK School of Government at Harvard University, M.B.A. Northwestern University, and B.S. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Tennessee. “IMPROVING ECONOMIC OUTCOMES BY REDUCING BORDER DELAYS FACILITATING THE VITAL FLOW OF COMMERCIAL TRAFFIC ACROSS THE U.S.-MEXICO BORDER” This study, commissioned by the Department of Commerce's International Trade Administration, was conducted by Accenture in association with HDR Decision Economics and Crossborder Group Inc. http://shapleigh.org/system/reporting_document/file/487/DRAFT_Reducing_Border_Delays_Findings_and_Options_vFinal_03252008.pdf

An expansion of … of peak demand.

And, the plan facilitates improved US-Mexico cooperation while streamlining ports of entry
Bonner and Rozental 2009
Robert C. Bonner Former Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection; Former Administrator, Drug Enforcement Administration Andrés Rozental Former Deputy Foreign Minister of Mexico; Former President and Founder Mexican Council on Foreign Relations (COMEXI) “Managing the United States-Mexico Border: Cooperative Solutions to Common Challenges “ Report of the Binational Task Force on the United States-Mexico Border  http://www.pacificcouncil.org/document.doc?id=30

The solutions ¶ We …. and Border Protection.
Mexico says yes -  Mexico is a ready and willing partner for border infrastructure improvements, but the United States has to be the first mover – plan would catalyze growth in legal trade

O’Neil 2013
Shannon O'Neil is Senior Fellow for Latin America Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR), “Mexico Makes It: A Transformed Society, Economy, and Government” March/April 2013 Foreign Affairs http://www.cfr.org/mexico/mexico-makes/p30098

BORDER BUDDIES Since … overall economic growth.

The plan solves, Cooperation between the US and Mexico creates North American regional integration and stability.
Zamora 2011
 Stephen Zamora Leonard B. Rosenberg Professor of Law, University of Houston Law Center. Villanova Law Review 2011 Villanova Law Review 56 Vill. L. Rev. 631 RETHINKING NORTH AMERICA: WHY NAFTA'S LAISSEZ FAIRE APPROACH TO INTEGRATION IS FLAWED, AND WHAT TO DO ABOUT IT Lexis

As already noted … changes, and energy. n82

Tournament: Plano West | Round: 4 | Opponent: Law Magnet | Judge:
1AC – Plan
The United States federal government should increase cooperative investment in land ports of entry with Mexico. 

1AC – North American Integration  
Advantage 1 : North American Integration
North American regional economic strength is vulnerable. A breakdown of cooperation with Mexico would cause the decline of American power.
Clarkson and Mildenberger ‘11 Stephen Clarkson, professor of political economy, University of Toronto, and former fellow, Woodrow Wilson Center Matto Mildenberger, Ph.D. student, Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies Dependent America?: How Canada and Mexico Construct Us Power p. 272 

The United States’… self-induced fall.

Lack of infrastructure will result in regional trade deterioration – collapses the NAFTA agenda
Peters, 09 – Enrique Dussel, professor at the Graduate School of Economics, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (“Manufacturing Competitiveness: Toward a Regional Development Agenda,” The Future of North American Trade Policy: Lessons from NAFTA, Pardee Center, November 2009, http://www.ase.tufts.edu/gdae/Pubs/rp/PardeeNAFTACh2PetersManufNov09.pdf)

One of the … regional development issues.
Mexico’s economic stability is the crucial factor in determining the success of North America as a trade region.
Rubio 2013
Luis Rubio is director general of CIDAC (Center of Research for Development), an independent research institution devoted to the study of economic and political policy issues. He is a prolific writer on political, economic and international subjects. Before joining CIDAC, in the 1970's he was planning director of Citibank in Mexico and served as an adviser to Mexico's Secretary of the Treasury. He holds a diploma in Financial Management and his MA and PhD in political science are from Brandeis University. “Mexico Matters: Change in Mexico and Its Impact Upon the United States” Wilson Center April 12 http://wilsoncenter.org/sites/default/files/rubio_mexico_matters.pdf

Mexico’s stability is … the U.S. evolves. 

North American integration key to solve democracy, disease, and the environment
Céspedes ‘8 – Diplomat in Residence, School of International Service and Senior Fellow,Center for North American Studies
Ernesto, North America, Security, and the Next US¶ National Security Strategy:¶ A Reflection, April 29, http://www.american.edu/sis/cnas/upload/0804Cespedes_Reflection.pdf, CMR

Under the topic … 2005¶ and on.
Pandemic disease causes extinction
Yu 9—Dartmouth Undergraduate Journal of Science (Victoria, Human Extinction: The Uncertainty of Our Fate, 22 May 2009, http://dujs.dartmouth.edu/spring-2009/human-extinction-the-uncertainty-of-our-fate, AMiles)

A pandemic will…  human-viable strain (10).
Environmental collapse causes extinction
CASBRC 1 (California Academy of Sciences Biodiversity Resource Center, “Threats To Biodiversity”, http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/library/biodiv/biodiversity_defined.html)

Currently, more than … rapid environmental erosion.

Independently, Regional integration and a strong US-Mexican relationship is a prerequisite to continued US power projection and supremacy.
Pastor 12
Robert A. Pastor is professor and director of the Center for North American Studies at American University. Pastor served as National Security Advisor on Latin America during the Carter Administration.  “Beyond the Continental Divide” From the July/August 2012 issue of The American Interest http://www.the-american-interest.com/article.cfm?piece=1269

Most Americans think … that truth either.
Loss of American power projection capacity causes global war.
Brooks et al ’13 (Stephen, Associate Professor of Government at Dartmouth College, John Ikenberry is the Albert G. Milbank Professor of Politics and International Affairs at Princeton University, William C. Wohlforth is the Daniel Webster Professor in the Department of Government at Dartmouth College “Don’t Come Home America: The Case Against Retrenchment,” International Security, Vol. 37, No. 3 (Winter 2012/13), pp. 7–51)

A core premise … rather than shrinking. 85
AND, statistics prove – Collapse of US leadership causes great power war and extinction
Barnett 11 (Thomas P.M., Former Senior Strategic Researcher and Professor in the Warfare Analysis and Research Department, Center for Naval Warfare Studies, U.S. Naval War College American military geostrategist and Chief Analyst at Wikistrat., worked as the Assistant for Strategic Futures in the Office of Force Transformation in the Department of Defense, “The New Rules: Leadership Fatigue Puts U.S., and Globalization, at Crossroads,” March 7, CMR)

Events in Libya … Century now unfolding. 

1AC - Solvency
The plan solves – expanding and improving physical border infrastructure is necessary to facilitate cross-border trade.
Hutchins 2008
Dwight Hutchins Senior Executive, Global Managing Director, Health Public Service Strategy, Accenture Consulting; M.P.A from the JFK School of Government at Harvard University, M.B.A. Northwestern University, and B.S. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Tennessee. “IMPROVING ECONOMIC OUTCOMES BY REDUCING BORDER DELAYS FACILITATING THE VITAL FLOW OF COMMERCIAL TRAFFIC ACROSS THE U.S.-MEXICO BORDER” This study, commissioned by the Department of Commerce's International Trade Administration, was conducted by Accenture in association with HDR Decision Economics and Crossborder Group Inc. http://shapleigh.org/system/reporting_document/file/487/DRAFT_Reducing_Border_Delays_Findings_and_Options_vFinal_03252008.pdf

An expansion of … of peak demand.

And, the plan facilitates improved US-Mexico cooperation while streamlining ports of entry
Bonner and Rozental 2009
Robert C. Bonner Former Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection; Former Administrator, Drug Enforcement Administration Andrés Rozental Former Deputy Foreign Minister of Mexico; Former President and Founder Mexican Council on Foreign Relations (COMEXI) “Managing the United States-Mexico Border: Cooperative Solutions to Common Challenges “ Report of the Binational Task Force on the United States-Mexico Border  http://www.pacificcouncil.org/document.doc?id=30

The solutions ¶ We …. and Border Protection.
Mexico says yes -  Mexico is a ready and willing partner for border infrastructure improvements, but the United States has to be the first mover – plan would catalyze growth in legal trade

O’Neil 2013
Shannon O'Neil is Senior Fellow for Latin America Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR), “Mexico Makes It: A Transformed Society, Economy, and Government” March/April 2013 Foreign Affairs http://www.cfr.org/mexico/mexico-makes/p30098

BORDER BUDDIES Since … overall economic growth.

The plan solves, Cooperation between the US and Mexico creates North American regional integration and stability.
Zamora 2011
 Stephen Zamora Leonard B. Rosenberg Professor of Law, University of Houston Law Center. Villanova Law Review 2011 Villanova Law Review 56 Vill. L. Rev. 631 RETHINKING NORTH AMERICA: WHY NAFTA'S LAISSEZ FAIRE APPROACH TO INTEGRATION IS FLAWED, AND WHAT TO DO ABOUT IT Lexis

As already noted … changes, and energy. n82

Tournament: PESH- Day 1 | Round: 3 | Opponent: Lindale GW | Judge: Derek
1AC – Plan

The United States federal government should increase cooperative investment in land ports of entry with Mexico.
1AC – North American Integration

Advantage 1 : North American Integration
North American regional economic strength is vulnerable. A breakdown of cooperation with Mexico would cause the decline of American power.
Clarkson 26 Mildenberger ’11 Stephen Clarkson, professor of political economy, University of Toronto, and former fellow, Woodrow Wilson Center Matto Mildenberger, Ph.D. student, Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies Dependent America?: How Canada and Mexico Construct Us Power p. 272 

The United States’ relationship with Canada and Mexico thus presents a paradox. Does North
AND
most valuable and easily cultivated foreign asset accelerated its self-induced fall.

Lack of infrastructure will result in regional trade deterioration – collapses the NAFTA agenda
Peters, 09 – Enrique Dussel, professor at the Graduate School of Economics, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México ("Manufacturing Competitiveness: Toward a Regional Development Agenda," The Future of North American Trade Policy: Lessons from NAFTA, Pardee Center, November 2009, http://www.ase.tufts.edu/gdae/Pubs/rp/PardeeNAFTACh2PetersManufNov09.pdf)

One of the Mexican government’s goals in signing NAFTA was to expand its manufacturing sector
AND
little sustained attention to socioeconomic, infrastructure, and other regional development issues.

Mexico’s economic stability is the crucial factor in determining the success of North America as a trade region.
Rubio 2013
Luis Rubio is director general of CIDAC (Center of Research for Development), an independent research institution devoted to the study of economic and political policy issues. He is a prolific writer on political, economic and international subjects. Before joining CIDAC, in the 1970’s he was planning director of Citibank in Mexico and served as an adviser to Mexico’s Secretary of the Treasury. He holds a diploma in Financial Management and his MA and PhD in political science are from Brandeis University. "Mexico Matters: Change in Mexico and Its Impact Upon the United States" Wilson Center April 12 http://wilsoncenter.org/sites/default/files/rubio_mexico_matters.pdf

Mexico’s stability is crucial for the U.S. Although the alleged spillover of
AND
and issues will strongly influence the way the U.S. evolves. 

North American integration key to solve democracy, disease, and the environment
Céspedes ’8 – Diplomat in Residence, School of International Service and Senior Fellow,Center for North American Studies
Ernesto, North America, Security, and the Next US¶ National Security Strategy:¶ A Reflection, April 29, http://www.american.edu/sis/cnas/upload/0804Cespedes_Reflection.pdf, CMR

Under the topic "Working with others in defusing regional conflicts", Mexico and¶
AND
the Security and Prosperity Partnership for North America from 2005¶ and on.

Pandemic disease causes extinction
Yu 9—Dartmouth Undergraduate Journal of Science (Victoria, Human Extinction: The Uncertainty of Our Fate, 22 May 2009, http://dujs.dartmouth.edu/spring-2009/human-extinction-the-uncertainty-of-our-fate, AMiles)

A pandemic will kill off all humans. In the past, humans have indeed
AND
could only infect birds — into a human-viable strain (10).

Environmental collapse causes extinction
CASBRC 1 (California Academy of Sciences Biodiversity Resource Center, "Threats To Biodiversity", http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/library/biodiv/biodiversity_defined.html)

Currently, more than 10,000 species become extinct each year and while precise
AND
expertise, it is now, in this time of rapid environmental erosion.

Independently, Regional integration and a strong US-Mexican relationship is a prerequisite to continued US power projection and supremacy.
Pastor 12
Robert A. Pastor is professor and director of the Center for North American Studies at American University. Pastor served as National Security Advisor on Latin America during the Carter Administration.  "Beyond the Continental Divide" From the July/August 2012 issue of The American Interest http://www.the-american-interest.com/article.cfm?piece=1269

Most Americans think that the largest markets for U.S. exports are China
AND
be vastly beneficial. We don’t seem ready to recognize that truth either. 

Loss of American power projection capacity causes global war.
Brooks et al ’13 (Stephen, Associate Professor of Government at Dartmouth College, John Ikenberry is the Albert G. Milbank Professor of Politics and International Affairs at Princeton University, William C. Wohlforth is the Daniel Webster Professor in the Department of Government at Dartmouth College "Don’t Come Home America: The Case Against Retrenchment," International Security, Vol. 37, No. 3 (Winter 2012/13), pp. 7–51)

A core premise of deep engagement is that it prevents the emergence of a far
AND
that of potential rivals is by many measures growing rather than shrinking. 85

AND, statistics prove – Collapse of US leadership causes great power war and extinction
Barnett 11 (Thomas P.M., Former Senior Strategic Researcher and Professor in the Warfare Analysis 26 Research Department, Center for Naval Warfare Studies, U.S. Naval War College American military geostrategist and Chief Analyst at Wikistrat., worked as the Assistant for Strategic Futures in the Office of Force Transformation in the Department of Defense, "The New Rules: Leadership Fatigue Puts U.S., and Globalization, at Crossroads," March 7, CMR)

Events in Libya are a further reminder for Americans that we stand at a crossroads
AND
the 20th century, setting the stage for the Pacific Century now unfolding. 

1AC - Solvency

The plan solves – expanding and improving physical border infrastructure is necessary to facilitate cross-border trade.
Hutchins 2008
Dwight Hutchins Senior Executive, Global Managing Director, Health Public Service Strategy, Accenture Consulting; M.P.A from the JFK School of Government at Harvard University, M.B.A. Northwestern University, and B.S. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Tennessee. "IMPROVING ECONOMIC OUTCOMES BY REDUCING BORDER DELAYS FACILITATING THE VITAL FLOW OF COMMERCIAL TRAFFIC ACROSS THE U.S.-MEXICO BORDER" This study, commissioned by the Department of Commerce’s International Trade Administration, was conducted by Accenture in association with HDR Decision Economics and Crossborder Group Inc. http://shapleigh.org/system/reporting_document/file/487/DRAFT_Reducing_Border_Delays_Findings_and_Options_vFinal_03252008.pdf

An expansion of physical border crossing infrastructure is needed to reduce wait time. Expansion
AND
cleared trucks) either full time or during known periods of peak demand.

And, the plan facilitates improved US-Mexico cooperation while streamlining ports of entry
Bonner 26 Rozental 2009
Robert C. Bonner Former Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection; Former Administrator, Drug Enforcement Administration Andrés Rozental Former Deputy Foreign Minister of Mexico; Former President and Founder Mexican Council on Foreign Relations (COMEXI) "Managing the United States-Mexico Border: Cooperative Solutions to Common Challenges " Report of the Binational Task Force on the United States-Mexico Border  http://www.pacificcouncil.org/document.doc?id=30

The solutions ¶ We believe that that the most effective and efficient way to enhance
AND
the frontier to assist U.S. ¶ Customs and Border Protection.

Mexico says yes -  Mexico is a ready and willing partner for border infrastructure improvements, but the United States has to be the first mover – plan would catalyze growth in legal trade
O’Neil 2013
Shannon O’Neil is Senior Fellow for Latin America Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR), "Mexico Makes It: A Transformed Society, Economy, and Government" March/April 2013 Foreign Affairs http://www.cfr.org/mexico/mexico-makes/p30098

BORDER BUDDIES Since NAFTA was passed, U.S.-Mexican trade has more
AND
to boost the United States’ exports, jobs, and overall economic growth.

The plan solves, Cooperation between the US and Mexico creates North American regional integration and stability.
Zamora 2011
 Stephen Zamora Leonard B. Rosenberg Professor of Law, University of Houston Law Center. Villanova Law Review 2011 Villanova Law Review 56 Vill. L. Rev. 631 RETHINKING NORTH AMERICA: WHY NAFTA’S LAISSEZ FAIRE APPROACH TO INTEGRATION IS FLAWED, AND WHAT TO DO ABOUT IT Lexis

As already noted, the NAFTA governments did not stress that there was a geopolitical
AND
areas as migration and labor disputes, climate changes, and energy. n82

Tournament: PESH- Day 2 | Round: 3 | Opponent: Greenhill AG | Judge: Andy Eddy

1AC – Plan

The United States federal government should increase cooperative investment in land ports of entry with Mexico.

1AC – North American Integration

Advantage 1 : North American Integration

North American regional economic strength is vulnerable. A breakdown of cooperation with Mexico would cause the decline of American power.

Clarkson 26 Mildenberger ’11 Stephen Clarkson, professor of political economy, University of Toronto, and former fellow, Woodrow Wilson Center Matto Mildenberger, Ph.D. student, Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies Dependent America?: How Canada and Mexico Construct Us Power p. 272 

The United States’ relationship with Canada and Mexico thus presents a paradox. Does North
AND
most valuable and easily cultivated foreign asset accelerated its self-induced fall.

Lack of infrastructure will result in regional trade deterioration – collapses the NAFTA agenda

Peters, 09 – Enrique Dussel, professor at the Graduate School of Economics, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México ("Manufacturing Competitiveness: Toward a Regional Development Agenda," The Future of North American Trade Policy: Lessons from NAFTA, Pardee Center, November 2009, http://www.ase.tufts.edu/gdae/Pubs/rp/PardeeNAFTACh2PetersManufNov09.pdf)

One of the Mexican government’s goals in signing NAFTA was to expand its manufacturing sector
AND
little sustained attention to socioeconomic, infrastructure, and other regional development issues.

Mexico’s economic stability is the crucial factor in determining the success of North America as a trade region.

Rubio 2013
Luis Rubio is director general of CIDAC (Center of Research for Development), an independent research institution devoted to the study of economic and political policy issues. He is a prolific writer on political, economic and international subjects. Before joining CIDAC, in the 1970’s he was planning director of Citibank in Mexico and served as an adviser to Mexico’s Secretary of the Treasury. He holds a diploma in Financial Management and his MA and PhD in political science are from Brandeis University. "Mexico Matters: Change in Mexico and Its Impact Upon the United States" Wilson Center April 12 http://wilsoncenter.org/sites/default/files/rubio_mexico_matters.pdf

Mexico’s stability is crucial for the U.S. Although the alleged spillover of
AND
and issues will strongly influence the way the U.S. evolves. 

North American integration key to solve democracy, disease, and the environment

Céspedes ’8 – Diplomat in Residence, School of International Service and Senior Fellow,Center for North American Studies 
Ernesto, North America, Security, and the Next US¶ National Security Strategy:¶ A Reflection, April 29, http://www.american.edu/sis/cnas/upload/0804Cespedes_Reflection.pdf, CMR

Under the topic "Working with others in defusing regional conflicts", Mexico and¶
AND
the Security and Prosperity Partnership for North America from 2005¶ and on.

Democracy improves lives of citizens: (1) decreases corruption; (2) fosters human rights; (3) boosts economy

Minxin Pei, Senior Associate, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, "Implementing the Institutions of Democracy," INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL ON WORLD PEACE v. 19 n. 4, December 2002, p. 3+.

The establishment of democratic institutions may also produce practical benefits for the countries that adopt
AND
are perceived to be less corrupt than newly democratized ones. (21)

Pandemic disease causes extinction

Yu 9—Dartmouth Undergraduate Journal of Science (Victoria, Human Extinction: The Uncertainty of Our Fate, 22 May 2009, http://dujs.dartmouth.edu/spring-2009/human-extinction-the-uncertainty-of-our-fate, AMiles)

A pandemic will kill off all humans. In the past, humans have indeed
AND
could only infect birds — into a human-viable strain (10).

Environmental collapse causes extinction

CASBRC 1 (California Academy of Sciences Biodiversity Resource Center, "Threats To Biodiversity", http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/library/biodiv/biodiversity_defined.html)

Currently, more than 10,000 species become extinct each year and while precise
AND
expertise, it is now, in this time of rapid environmental erosion.

Independently, Regional integration and a strong US-Mexican relationship is a prerequisite to continued US power projection and supremacy.

Pastor 12
Robert A. Pastor is professor and director of the Center for North American Studies at American University. Pastor served as National Security Advisor on Latin America during the Carter Administration.  "Beyond the Continental Divide" From the July/August 2012 issue of The American Interest http://www.the-american-interest.com/article.cfm?piece=1269

Most Americans think that the largest markets for U.S. exports are China
AND
be vastly beneficial. We don’t seem ready to recognize that truth either. 

Loss of American power projection capacity causes global war.

Brooks et al ’13 (Stephen, Associate Professor of Government at Dartmouth College, John Ikenberry is the Albert G. Milbank Professor of Politics and International Affairs at Princeton University, William C. Wohlforth is the Daniel Webster Professor in the Department of Government at Dartmouth College "Don’t Come Home America: The Case Against Retrenchment," International Security, Vol. 37, No. 3 (Winter 2012/13), pp. 7–51)

A core premise of deep engagement is that it prevents the emergence of a far
AND
scholarship, particularly in regions where the kinds of stabilizers that nonrealist theories point
to—such as democratic governance or dense institutional linkages—are either absent or
AND
that of potential rivals is by many measures growing rather than shrinking. 85

AND, statistics prove – Collapse of US leadership causes great power war and extinction

Barnett 11 (Thomas P.M., Former Senior Strategic Researcher and Professor in the Warfare Analysis 26 Research Department, Center for Naval Warfare Studies, U.S. Naval War College American military geostrategist and Chief Analyst at Wikistrat., worked as the Assistant for Strategic Futures in the Office of Force Transformation in the Department of Defense, "The New Rules: Leadership Fatigue Puts U.S., and Globalization, at Crossroads," March 7, CMR)

Events in Libya are a further reminder for Americans that we stand at a crossroads
AND
the 20th century, setting the stage for the Pacific Century now unfolding. 

1AC - Solvency

The plan solves – expanding and improving physical border infrastructure is necessary to facilitate cross-border trade.

Hutchins 2008
Dwight Hutchins Senior Executive, Global Managing Director, Health Public Service Strategy, Accenture Consulting; M.P.A from the JFK School of Government at Harvard University, M.B.A. Northwestern University, and B.S. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Tennessee. "IMPROVING ECONOMIC OUTCOMES BY REDUCING BORDER DELAYS FACILITATING THE VITAL FLOW OF COMMERCIAL TRAFFIC ACROSS THE U.S.-MEXICO BORDER" This study, commissioned by the Department of Commerce’s International Trade Administration, was conducted by Accenture in association with HDR Decision Economics and Crossborder Group Inc. http://shapleigh.org/system/reporting_document/file/487/DRAFT_Reducing_Border_Delays_Findings_and_Options_vFinal_03252008.pdf

An expansion of physical border crossing infrastructure is needed to reduce wait time. Expansion
AND
cleared trucks) either full time or during known periods of peak demand.

And, the plan facilitates improved US-Mexico cooperation while streamlining ports of entry

Bonner 26 Rozental 2009
Robert C. Bonner Former Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection; Former Administrator, Drug Enforcement Administration Andrés Rozental Former Deputy Foreign Minister of Mexico; Former President and Founder Mexican Council on Foreign Relations (COMEXI) "Managing the United States-Mexico Border: Cooperative Solutions to Common Challenges " Report of the Binational Task Force on the United States-Mexico Border  http://www.pacificcouncil.org/document.doc?id=30

The solutions ¶ We believe that that the most effective and efficient way to enhance
AND
the frontier to assist U.S. ¶ Customs and Border Protection.

Mexico says yes -  Mexico is a ready and willing partner for border infrastructure improvements, but the United States has to be the first mover – plan would catalyze growth in legal trade

O’Neil 2013
Shannon O’Neil is Senior Fellow for Latin America Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR), "Mexico Makes It: A Transformed Society, Economy, and Government" March/April 2013 Foreign Affairs http://www.cfr.org/mexico/mexico-makes/p30098

BORDER BUDDIES Since NAFTA was passed, U.S.-Mexican trade has more
AND
to boost the United States’ exports, jobs, and overall economic growth.

The plan solves, Cooperation between the US and Mexico creates North American regional integration and stability.

Zamora 2011
 Stephen Zamora Leonard B. Rosenberg Professor of Law, University of Houston Law Center. Villanova Law Review 2011 Villanova Law Review 56 Vill. L. Rev. 631 RETHINKING NORTH AMERICA: WHY NAFTA’S LAISSEZ FAIRE APPROACH TO INTEGRATION IS FLAWED, AND WHAT TO DO ABOUT IT Lexis

As already noted, the NAFTA governments did not stress that there was a geopolitical
AND
areas as migration and labor disputes, climate changes, and energy. n82

Tournament: PESH- Day 2 | Round: 1 | Opponent: China Spring FP | Judge: Ramsey

1AC – Plan

The United States federal government should increase cooperative investment in land ports of entry with Mexico.

1AC – North American Integration

Advantage 1 : North American Integration

North American regional economic strength is vulnerable. A breakdown of cooperation with Mexico would cause the decline of American power.

Clarkson 26 Mildenberger ’11 Stephen Clarkson, professor of political economy, University of Toronto, and former fellow, Woodrow Wilson Center Matto Mildenberger, Ph.D. student, Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies Dependent America?: How Canada and Mexico Construct Us Power p. 272 

The United States’ relationship with Canada and Mexico thus presents a paradox. Does North
AND
most valuable and easily cultivated foreign asset accelerated its self-induced fall.

Lack of infrastructure will result in regional trade deterioration – collapses the NAFTA agenda

Peters, 09 – Enrique Dussel, professor at the Graduate School of Economics, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México ("Manufacturing Competitiveness: Toward a Regional Development Agenda," The Future of North American Trade Policy: Lessons from NAFTA, Pardee Center, November 2009, http://www.ase.tufts.edu/gdae/Pubs/rp/PardeeNAFTACh2PetersManufNov09.pdf)

One of the Mexican government’s goals in signing NAFTA was to expand its manufacturing sector
AND
little sustained attention to socioeconomic, infrastructure, and other regional development issues.

Mexico’s economic stability is the crucial factor in determining the success of North America as a trade region.

Rubio 2013
Luis Rubio is director general of CIDAC (Center of Research for Development), an independent research institution devoted to the study of economic and political policy issues. He is a prolific writer on political, economic and international subjects. Before joining CIDAC, in the 1970’s he was planning director of Citibank in Mexico and served as an adviser to Mexico’s Secretary of the Treasury. He holds a diploma in Financial Management and his MA and PhD in political science are from Brandeis University. "Mexico Matters: Change in Mexico and Its Impact Upon the United States" Wilson Center April 12 http://wilsoncenter.org/sites/default/files/rubio_mexico_matters.pdf

Mexico’s stability is crucial for the U.S. Although the alleged spillover of
AND
and issues will strongly influence the way the U.S. evolves. 

North American integration key to solve democracy, disease, and the environment

Céspedes ’8 – Diplomat in Residence, School of International Service and Senior Fellow,Center for North American Studies 
Ernesto, North America, Security, and the Next US¶ National Security Strategy:¶ A Reflection, April 29, http://www.american.edu/sis/cnas/upload/0804Cespedes_Reflection.pdf, CMR

Under the topic "Working with others in defusing regional conflicts", Mexico and¶
AND
the Security and Prosperity Partnership for North America from 2005¶ and on.

Democracy improves lives of citizens: (1) decreases corruption; (2) fosters human rights; (3) boosts economy

Minxin Pei, Senior Associate, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, "Implementing the Institutions of Democracy," INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL ON WORLD PEACE v. 19 n. 4, December 2002, p. 3+.

The establishment of democratic institutions may also produce practical benefits for the countries that adopt
AND
are perceived to be less corrupt than newly democratized ones. (21)

Pandemic disease causes extinction

Yu 9—Dartmouth Undergraduate Journal of Science (Victoria, Human Extinction: The Uncertainty of Our Fate, 22 May 2009, http://dujs.dartmouth.edu/spring-2009/human-extinction-the-uncertainty-of-our-fate, AMiles)

A pandemic will kill off all humans. In the past, humans have indeed
AND
could only infect birds — into a human-viable strain (10).

Environmental collapse causes extinction

CASBRC 1 (California Academy of Sciences Biodiversity Resource Center, "Threats To Biodiversity", http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/library/biodiv/biodiversity_defined.html)

Currently, more than 10,000 species become extinct each year and while precise
AND
expertise, it is now, in this time of rapid environmental erosion.

Independently, Regional integration and a strong US-Mexican relationship is a prerequisite to continued US power projection and supremacy.

Pastor 12
Robert A. Pastor is professor and director of the Center for North American Studies at American University. Pastor served as National Security Advisor on Latin America during the Carter Administration.  "Beyond the Continental Divide" From the July/August 2012 issue of The American Interest http://www.the-american-interest.com/article.cfm?piece=1269

Most Americans think that the largest markets for U.S. exports are China
AND
be vastly beneficial. We don’t seem ready to recognize that truth either. 

Loss of American power projection capacity causes global war.

Brooks et al ’13 (Stephen, Associate Professor of Government at Dartmouth College, John Ikenberry is the Albert G. Milbank Professor of Politics and International Affairs at Princeton University, William C. Wohlforth is the Daniel Webster Professor in the Department of Government at Dartmouth College "Don’t Come Home America: The Case Against Retrenchment," International Security, Vol. 37, No. 3 (Winter 2012/13), pp. 7–51)

A core premise of deep engagement is that it prevents the emergence of a far
AND
scholarship, particularly in regions where the kinds of stabilizers that nonrealist theories point
to—such as democratic governance or dense institutional linkages—are either absent or
AND
that of potential rivals is by many measures growing rather than shrinking. 85

AND, statistics prove – Collapse of US leadership causes great power war and extinction

Barnett 11 (Thomas P.M., Former Senior Strategic Researcher and Professor in the Warfare Analysis 26 Research Department, Center for Naval Warfare Studies, U.S. Naval War College American military geostrategist and Chief Analyst at Wikistrat., worked as the Assistant for Strategic Futures in the Office of Force Transformation in the Department of Defense, "The New Rules: Leadership Fatigue Puts U.S., and Globalization, at Crossroads," March 7, CMR)

Events in Libya are a further reminder for Americans that we stand at a crossroads
AND
the 20th century, setting the stage for the Pacific Century now unfolding. 

1AC - Solvency

The plan solves – expanding and improving physical border infrastructure is necessary to facilitate cross-border trade.

Hutchins 2008
Dwight Hutchins Senior Executive, Global Managing Director, Health Public Service Strategy, Accenture Consulting; M.P.A from the JFK School of Government at Harvard University, M.B.A. Northwestern University, and B.S. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Tennessee. "IMPROVING ECONOMIC OUTCOMES BY REDUCING BORDER DELAYS FACILITATING THE VITAL FLOW OF COMMERCIAL TRAFFIC ACROSS THE U.S.-MEXICO BORDER" This study, commissioned by the Department of Commerce’s International Trade Administration, was conducted by Accenture in association with HDR Decision Economics and Crossborder Group Inc. http://shapleigh.org/system/reporting_document/file/487/DRAFT_Reducing_Border_Delays_Findings_and_Options_vFinal_03252008.pdf

An expansion of physical border crossing infrastructure is needed to reduce wait time. Expansion
AND
cleared trucks) either full time or during known periods of peak demand.

And, the plan facilitates improved US-Mexico cooperation while streamlining ports of entry

Bonner 26 Rozental 2009
Robert C. Bonner Former Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection; Former Administrator, Drug Enforcement Administration Andrés Rozental Former Deputy Foreign Minister of Mexico; Former President and Founder Mexican Council on Foreign Relations (COMEXI) "Managing the United States-Mexico Border: Cooperative Solutions to Common Challenges " Report of the Binational Task Force on the United States-Mexico Border  http://www.pacificcouncil.org/document.doc?id=30

The solutions ¶ We believe that that the most effective and efficient way to enhance
AND
the frontier to assist U.S. ¶ Customs and Border Protection.

Mexico says yes -  Mexico is a ready and willing partner for border infrastructure improvements, but the United States has to be the first mover – plan would catalyze growth in legal trade

O’Neil 2013
Shannon O’Neil is Senior Fellow for Latin America Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR), "Mexico Makes It: A Transformed Society, Economy, and Government" March/April 2013 Foreign Affairs http://www.cfr.org/mexico/mexico-makes/p30098

BORDER BUDDIES Since NAFTA was passed, U.S.-Mexican trade has more
AND
to boost the United States’ exports, jobs, and overall economic growth.

The plan solves, Cooperation between the US and Mexico creates North American regional integration and stability.

Zamora 2011
 Stephen Zamora Leonard B. Rosenberg Professor of Law, University of Houston Law Center. Villanova Law Review 2011 Villanova Law Review 56 Vill. L. Rev. 631 RETHINKING NORTH AMERICA: WHY NAFTA’S LAISSEZ FAIRE APPROACH TO INTEGRATION IS FLAWED, AND WHAT TO DO ABOUT IT Lexis

As already noted, the NAFTA governments did not stress that there was a geopolitical
AND
areas as migration and labor disputes, climate changes, and energy. n82