By Mary Shinn
Cronkite News
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WASHINGTON – Mayors from U.S.-Mexico border cities urged Congress Friday to pass immigration reform and invest in improved ports of entry, moves they said would lead to greater diplomacy and help the economies of both countries.
“We should never let border security get in the way of the economy,” Phoenix Mayor Greg Stanton said.
Stanton was joined by mayors of Laredo, Texas, Las Cruces, N.M., and Torreon, Mexico, at the 21st Century Border Initiative meeting in Washington, sponsored by NDN.
The Democratic think tank has been holding meetings and backing research in an effort to support a 2010 agreement between the U.S. and Mexican governments that called for improved trade and travel between the two countries.
