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New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie is embarking on a three-day trip to meet with Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto and local business leaders. Analysts see it as a way to brush up on Mr. Christie's foreign policy experience prior to a potential presidential run in 2016. (Associated Press)

Christie making trade mission to Mexico

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

Mexico's President Enrique Pena Nieto gives his second state-of-the-nation address inside the National Palace in Mexico City, Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2014. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)

Mexico plans $9.2B airport project for capital

By E. EDUARDO CASTILLO - Associated Press

In this Aug. 26, 2014 photo, a handful of Central American migrants cling to a northbound freight train after jumping aboard outside Arriaga, Mexico. A Mexican crackdown seems to be keeping women and children off the deadly train, known as &quot;The Beast,&quot; that has traditionally helped thousands of migrants head north. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

Mexico operations thwart child, family migrants

By MARK STEVENSON - Associated Press

California Gov. Jerry Brown, left, greets Mexico's President Enrique Pena Nieto during a meeting with Mexican-American community leaders and others in Los Angeles, Monday, Aug. 25, 2014. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

Mexican president calls for immigration reform

By Brian Melley - Associated Press

Mexico's President Enrique Pena Nieto addresses Mexican and Japanese press and dignitaries, during Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's oficial visit at the National Palace in Mexico City, Friday, July 25, 2014. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

Mexico’s president starts California visit in LA

Associated Press

In this Aug. 13, 2014 photo, a man stands in the middle of the Firstkontact Center, a call center in the northern border city of Tijuana, Mexico. Many Mexicans deported under U.S. President Barack Obama are finding employment in call centers in Tijuana and other border cities. In perfect English, some don’t even speak Spanish, they talk to American consumers who buy gadgets and gizmos, have questions about warrantees and complain about overdue deliveries. The call center industry has prospered in Mexican border cities as deportations spiked under U.S. President Barack Obama. (AP Photo/Alex Cossio)

Deported Mexicans find new life at call centers

By ELLIOT SPAGAT and OMAR MILLAN - Associated Press

$FILE - In this May 1, 2009 file photo, offshore oil drilling platform 'Gail' operated by Venoco, Inc., is shown off the coast of Santa Barbara, Calif. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency published a new rule on Thursday, Jan. 9, 2014 requiring oil and gas companies to report chemicals discharged off the Southern California coast from hydraulic fracturing. The rule goes into effect on March 1, 2014. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson, File)$

US government sells 400,000 acres offshore Texas

By Emily Schmall - Associated Press

U.S. Border Patrol Senior Agent B.T. Hick and his dog Mirza, left, inspect a car at a check point outside Organ Pipe Cactus National Park in Why, Ariz., Wednesday, May 24, 2006. (AP Photo/Matt York, File)

Man arrested at Arizona border with $420K in cash

Associated Press

In this March 21, 2014 photo, Cinthya Garcia-Cisneros, 19, speaks in a room at the Northwest Detention Center in Tacoma, Wash. An immigration judge has dismissed the case against Garcia-Cisneros, who faced possible deportation to Mexico after she drove an SUV into a leaf pile, accidentally killing two young girls playing in it. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement on Tuesday, Aug. 19, 2014 said that Garcia-Cisneros was released on Aug. 14. (AP Photo/The Oregonian, Benjamin Brink) MAGS OUT; TV OUT; LOCAL TELEVISION OUT; LOCAL INTERNET OUT; THE MERCURY OUT; WILLAMETTE WEEK OUT; PAMPLIN MEDIA GROUP OUT

19-year-old in leaf-pile deaths avoids deportation

Associated Press

Philadelphia's Mo'ne Davis drives in a run with a single to right field off Pearland pitcher Clayton Broeder during the first inning of a baseball game at the Little League World Series tournament in South Williamsport, Pa., Sunday, Aug. 17, 2014. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

Philadelphia, Las Vegas roll in LLWS

Associated Press

Ernesto Vasquez stands with his father in a demonstration in support of humane treatment of immigrant children who are being temporarily housed at a naval base in Port Hueneme, Calif., on Tuesday, July 8, 2014. California lawmakers and religious leaders say they are pleased with the conditions of a temporary shelter for children caught crossing the border, but they're worried about the young immigrants' future. (AP Photo/Ventura County Star, Karen Quincy Loberg)

U.S. faithful: Show humanity for child migrants

Catholic News Agency

In this July 16, 2014 photo, from left to right, Republican candidates for Arizona governor Scott Smith, Frank Riggs, Doug Ducey, and Christine Jones stand prior to being introduced at the 2014 Arizona West Valley Republican Gubernatorial Forum in Glendale, Ariz. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

Immigration leads Arizona governor’s race issues

By BOB CHRISTIE - Associated Press

Back-dropped by a mural by Mexican painter David Alfaro Siqueiros, California Gov. Jerry Brown speaks during a press conference with U.S. Ambassador to Mexico Anthony Wayne, not seen, at the Soumaya museum in Mexico City, Monday, July 28, 2014. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)

California’s Jerry Brown cites God, ‘religious call’ to embrace illegals

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Back-dropped by a mural by Mexican painter David Alfaro Siqueiros, California Governor Jerry Brown speaks during a press conference with U.S. Ambassador to Mexico Anthony Wayne, not seen, at the Soumaya museum in Mexico City, Monday, July 28, 2014. California's governor on Monday kicked off a three day visit to Mexico, where he will discuss immigration in separate meetings with President Enrique Pena Nieto and Central American diplomatic and religious leaders.(AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)

Brown: California willing to shelter more migrants

By Olga R. Rodriguez - Associated Press

In this Thursday, July 24, 2014, photo, U.S. Border Patrol agents apprehend men who crossed the Rio Grande River from Reynosa, Tamaulipas, Mexico, in Anzalduas Park in McAllen, Texas. (AP Photo/Austin American-Statesman, Jay Janner)

Ohio sheriff sends bill to Mexico for cost of jailing illegals

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

In this July 12, 2014, photo, Central American migrants ride a freight train during their journey toward the U.S.-Mexico border in Ixtepec, Mexico. The last time so few people were arrested at the country&#8217;s borders was 1973, when the Border Patrol recorded just fewer than 500,000 arrests. And the volume of people being arrested at the border remains dramatically lower than the all-time high of more than 1.6 people in 2000. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)

NORIEGA: Central American insecurity fuels U.S. border crisis

By Roger Noriega

Illustration on the dangers coming from Mexican drug cartels by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

SHAPIRO & ANDREWS: Declaring war on the cartels

By Jeffrey Scott Shapiro and T. Michael Andrews

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Mexico’s problem is poverty

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Illustration on the growing radical Islamist activity in the western hemisphere by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

POBLETE: Terrorist threats in the Americas

By Yleem D.S. Poblete