"Picking fights with Mexico will be at our own peril"

Ricardo Ainslie wrote the commentary article for the American Statesman “Picking fights with Mexico will be at our own peril.” Ricardo Ainslie is a professor at the University of Austin, and serves on the editorial board of several academic journals. His article is toward the audience of the readers of the American Statesman and the national government. The argument he is claiming in the article is that with the U.S and Mexico’s relationship being at an all-time low, it is going to affect our economy along with Mexico’s. “The employment of 5 million to 6 million Americans is directly tied to trade with Mexico.” He talks about Texas being at a bigger stake than the rest of the U.S. partly being because we cover 2/3 of the Mexican Border. American Security depends on Mexican stability and if “the wall is built” that affects Americans also. Ainslie’s logic in this article is that we are hurting ourselves just as much as we are hurting a country that depends on us. “It is critical that the Trump administration tone down the rhetoric and engage Mexico as a meaningful economic and security partner.” I agree with Ainslie 100 percent throughout the whole article. Someone that is qualified and understands both sides of the wall, finally put into words what most Americans and Texans are thinking. Our president is putting way more up than just a wall, he is putting up economic problems, family problems for people we might know personally, and more problems we simply do not need. At the end of this article Ainslie says “Our political leadership in Texas has a special role to play at this time, given Mexico’s unique importance to Texas in economic, security and cultural terms.” This article is certainly something to think about.