U.S. and Mexico Would Benefit from “Frictionless” Border

A comprehensive research report, "From Border Barriers to Bi-National Promise," by the Creative Class Group, in partnership with Global CONNECT at the University of California, San Diego found that in today's increasingly global "borderless economy" both the U.S. and Mexico would benefit significantly from establishing a "frictionless border," one that enables the border to act as a platform for economic development and growth rather than a bottleneck created by Homeland Security policies.

"Place, not statehood, is the central axis of our time and of our global economy," explained Richard Florida, international best-selling author of The Rise . . .