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2AC Harms: A/t - #4 “Drugs are Decreasing” [2/2] 273) Even if drug sales were decreasing, profits are increasing which is allowing terrorist groups to establish ground in Mexico. WALSER, 10 [Ray, PhD., senior policy analyst at The Heritage Foundation; “Hezbollah Terrorists On Our Southern Border,” 7/19, http://www.heritage.org/research/commentary/2010/07/hezbollah-terrorists-on-our-southern-border] Although U.S. officials cannot confirm reports of the arrest Jamel Nasr recently in Tijuana, they should acknowledge that the reports are consistent with increasing concern that Hezbollah is seeking an operational base in the Americas. Nasr was no ordinary tourist or would-be immigrant. He is a made member of the Lebanese-based terror group, Hezbollah. Mexican authorities have released few details about his arrest, but they appear to have uncovered a network traceable back to the terrorist group’s headquarters in the Middle East. The possible arrest is not the first incident indicating Hezbollah’s interest in establishing a beachhead in the Americas. Last month, Paraguayan police arrested Moussa Ali Hamdan, a naturalized U.S. citizen. He had been sought by the U.S. since last November, when he was indicted for involvement in bogus passports, counterfeiting, and selling fake merchandise to finance Hezbollah operations. South and Central America hold definite attractions for the terror crowd. For starters, there’s money. Profits from the region’s lucrative drug trade help fuel many international terrorists. Hezbollah craves a share of the action. 2AC Solvency: A/t - #1 “Immigration From Everywhere” 281) Our evidence is specific to terrorists using weak points in the land border with Mexico to smuggle in weapons of mass destruction for attacks. There is no evidence that terrorists from Al-Qaeda or Hezbollah have alliances with other Latin American countries, or that they have planned to initiate attacks from other places. 2) Even if not all Latin American immigrants are from Mexico, most have to cross the border through Mexico. WALSER, MCNEILL AND ZUCKERMAN, 11 [Ray, PhD., Senior Policy Analyst for Latin America at Heritage Foundation; Jena Baker, Senior Policy Analyst for Homeland Security in the Allison Center for Foreign Policy Studies at Heritage Foundation; Jessica, Research Assistant in the Allison Center for Foreign Policy Studies, at The Heritage Foundation; “The Human Tragedy of Illegal Immigration: Greater Efforts Needed to Combat Smuggling and Violence,” 6/22, http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2011/06/the-human-tragedy-of-illegal-immigration-greater-efforts-needed-to-combat-smuggling-and-violence] For many illegal immigrants, their journey to the United States does not begin at America’s southern border. Mexico serves as a starting point as well as a path of transit for people all across Latin America seeking illegal entry into the United States. Last year, Mexico’s National Immigration Institute (INM) apprehended and repatriated a total of 62,141 illegal immigrants within Mexico’s border. Of the 400,235 individuals that the INM estimates enter Mexico every year illegally, approximately 150,000—or 37 percent—intend to cross over into the United States.[3] These individuals travel from their home countries throughout the region to Mexico’s 750-mile shared border with Guatemala and Belize. While the terrain is mountainous and jungle-covered, there are few checkpoints along the crossing, making it to be a hospitable environment to many would-be illegal immigrants. Yet, at Mexico’s southern border begins a dangerous journey of some 2,000 miles to the United States. 2AC Solvency: A/t - #2 “Mexico Won’t Reform” [1/2] 291) More assistance will get Mexico on-board. Past USAID programs targeting violence in Mexico have been successful, and you should defer to more recent evidence that cites examples rather than theoretical reasons that Mexico won’t reform. Extend our 1AC WALSER evidence 2) With security threats such as drug violence, Mexico has shown willingness to listen to the U.S. STARR, 11 [Pamela, Director, U.S.-Mexico Network, and Associate Professor (NTT) University Fellow, Center on Public Diplomacy at University of Southern California; “U.S.-Mexico Relations and Mexican Domestic Politics,” college.usc.edu/usmexnet/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/Camp-Oxford-paper-final.doc] Yet when the United States perceives a threat to its national security emanating from Mexico or when Mexican stability appears to be at risk, Mexico’s autonomy narrows once again. Following the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, Mexican policy autonomy evaporated leading to a series of actions that responded perfectly to U.S. national interests. Mexico’s current difficulties with drug trafficking organizations and the threat they represent to stability in Mexico have also hampered its policy freedom. The strategic factor in the bilateral relationship thus trumps other policy concerns. When this involves the possibility of an attack on the U.S. homeland or political instability in Mexico, it sharply increases U.S. influence in Mexican affairs, but when it involves protecting an established, stable ally in Mexico, U.S. influence declines sharply. 2AC Solvency: A/t - #2 “Mexico Won’t Reform” [2/2] 303) Mexican leaders have the political will to overcome opposition to reforms. ROBERTS AND ORTEGA, 08 [James, Research Fellow for Economic Freedom and Growth in the Center for International Trade and Economics; Israel, Senior Media Services Associate in the Media Services Department, at The Heritage Foundation; “How Reforms in Mexico Could Make the U.S. More Secure,” 5/13, http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2008/05/how-reforms-in-mexico-could-make-the-us-more-secure] The prosperity and national security of the United States have already been enhanced by the progress made by Mexico since it joined NAFTA in 1994. For further progress, however, the barriers to entry into the marketplace of political ideas also have to come down. What is required is a careful examination of the vast areas of Mexico's economy that are state-owned or where private monopolies and duopolies are permitted by the state to operate without competition. Attention must also be given to labor laws that hobble the indigenous workforce and force millions into the informal economy, as well as to the political straightjacket that has bound Mexico's leadership. These reforms will require a level of political will by all Mexican politicians that is strong enough to break these shackles and create an atmosphere that fosters greater economic opportunity. This would, of course, be a daunting task at every level, perhaps even a dangerous one. But it is not impossible. The result would be a transformed Mexico—a Mexico that has never before existed, that attracts workers with its economic opportunities rather than repelling them. The pressure on the U.S. border would ease considerably and might even disappear. With strong personal leadership that inspires the Mexican population, a coalition with the political will to persist just might be forged. 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