Sen. Cornyn Meets With Mexican Ambassador

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Sen. Cornyn Meets With Mexican Ambassador

Stresses importance of US-Mexico relations

U.S. Senator John Cornyn, R-Texas, ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee's subcommittee on Immigration, Refugees and Border Security, today hosted a meeting in his Washington office with Arturo Sarukhan, Ambassador of Mexico to the United States. The two discussed several issues related to the U.S.-Mexico bilateral relationship, including border security, trade, immigration, and Mexico's current efforts to fight criminal activity.

"In this post-9/11 world, ensuring the United States maintains an ally and a close working relationship with our neighbors in Mexico is extremely important. I appreciated the opportunity to meet with Ambassador Sarukhan to talk about the many complex issues our two nations face and how we can continue to work together on several fronts, particularly trade and border security," Sen. Cornyn said.

"I also expressed my concern with the escalating drug-related violence along the Texas-Mexico border, and reiterated my call for investigations and hearings in Congress about how best to help Mexico combat the cartels. This issue has serious implications not only for Texas, but for our national security, as well. I will continue to examine ways to best use federal resources to quell border violence, including pushing for additional assistance to U.S. law enforcement personnel along the border."

Sen. Cornyn has met on several occasions with top Mexican and US leaders to discuss relations between the two countries, including Mexican Attorney General Eduardo Medina-Mora, Texas border sheriffs, the Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs, Tom Shannon, and the U.S. Ambassador to Mexico, Tony Garza.

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