Summary MAC Region Discipleship Ministry Border Initiative Monterrey, Mexico May 17, 2006.
U.S.-Mexico 21 st Century Border Initiative
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U.S.-MEXICO 21ST CENTURY BORDER INITIATIVE
Roger PetzoldFederal Highway Administration
Border & Interstate Team
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Expediting Legitimate Trade and Travel
“Our shared border must be an engine, and not a brake, on our economic growth.”
President Obama, with President Calderon, May 19, 2010
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US – Mexico Border
• The U.S-Mexico border extends 1,954 miles.• There are 45 active land border POEs and 9
international railroad crossings on the southern border.
Background
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Joint Declaration on 21st Century Border Management
In May 2010, the United States and Mexico affirmed the importance of our shared border by issuing a Joint Declaration on 21st Century Border Management
Fundamentally restructure the way we manage the border to encourage: increased trade, enhance public safety, welcome visitors, and reduce the cost of doing business in North
America.
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U.S./Mexico Executive Steering Committee
• The United States and Mexico created a bilateral working group, the Executive Steering Committee –(ESC),.
• The ESC is chaired on the U.S. side by the National Security Council Staff and Mexico by Presidentia
• Three ESC sub-committees separately address: Border Infrastructure; Law Enforcement and Security Issues; Secure Flow of goods and people across the
border.
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21ST CENTURY BORDER
Secure Flows
Corridor SecurityInfrastructure
21st Century Border Agreement
Executive Steering Committee
2013 Action Plan
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U.S./MEXICO
1/8/2010
21st Century BorderManagement IPC
NSSDHS, DOT, DOD, DOJ, USDA, State,
Commerce, GSA, OMB, ONDCP
NALS
Binational Bridges and
Border Crossings Group
US/Mexico Joint Working
Committee for Transportation Planning (JWC)
Merida coordination
process
Local binational coordination mechanisms and arrangements, Draft paper being developed (e.g., Bi-national Port Security Committees or Border Liaison Mechanisms)
Water Management
Border Environment
Emergency Management
Corridor Security
DHS-DOJDOD, ONDCP, IC, State
Secure Flows
DHSState, Commerce, USDA, DOJ,
DOT, USTR, IC, GSA
Info exchange &
liaison
Infrastructure Planning
State-DHSDOT, GSA, Commerce, EPA
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Secure Flows
• Border wait time studies in the El Paso-Juarez area
• Construction of new cattle inspection facilities • Continued improving risk management and
targeting cooperation• Increase the enrollment of Mexican and U.S.
citizens in the Global Entry Program, • Establish a pilot pre-inspection pilot at Otay
Mesa and a pre-screening pilot at the Laredo Airport.
• implement lane segregation strategies• Others
2013 Achievements
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Corridor Security
• Developed an investigative strategy that encourages increased intelligence-driven investigations
• Continued to implement the Border Violence Prevention Protocols (BVPPs)
• Identifying criminal networks of organizations that participate in firearms, drugs and bulk cash trafficking,
• Identified ways to improve collaboration on the identification and investigation of cross-border tunnels.
• Produced a joint study that assesses firearms and explosives trafficking
• Other
2013 Achievements
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Infrastructure
• Support the San Diego-Tijuana Airport cross-border facility. • Support the Regional Border Master Planning processes• Support the Border Liaison Mechanism • Participation in the Binational Bridges and Border Crossings
Meetings and the Joint Working Committee on Border Transportation meetings.
• Through the Joint Working Committee, study the impact of Border Transportation on Air Quality at the border.
• Continued to support efforts by California and Baja California to conclude the financial studies for construction of the Otay II – East Otay Mesa border crossing.
• Support the construction of the West Rail Bypass project between Brownsville, Texas and Matamoros, Tamaulipas.
• Advanced the San Ysidro-Tijuana port of entry expansion project
• Additional Project Specific monitoring
2013 Achievements
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High Level Economic Dialog (HLED)
- May 2013, President Obama and President Peña Nieto announced
- Advance strategic economic and commercial priorities
- 1. Promoting Competitiveness and Connectivity (Transportation, Telecommunications)
- 2. Fostering Economic Growth, Productivity, Entrepreneurship, and Innovation (Joint investment promotion, Making effective use of the North American Development Bank (NADB), Entrepreneurship)
- 3. Partnering for Regional and Global Leadership (Partnering to promote development in Central America, Transparency and anti-corruption)
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HLED - Transportation ITS Border Wait Time Electronic Tolling Short Sea Shipping/Marine Highway Commercial Motor Vehicle Cooperation Freight and Corridor Planning
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• Originated in 1994 via MOU• Coordinates Transportation Planning• Chaired by FHWA/SCT and formed of
Federal and State partners• Twin goals of communication and
coordination• Biennial Work Plans
U.S./ Mexico Joint Working Committee for Transportation
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Biennial Work Plan Efforts
• Regional Border Master Plans• Border Modeling Peer Exchange
(Nov. 4-5, 2014)• Border Finance Workshop (May 23,
2013)• Border Wait Time Pilots (10)• Corridor/Logistics Studies
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For more information
Sylvia GrijalvaUS/Mexico Border Planning Coordinator
Federal Highway AdministrationOffice of Planning
Border and Interstate Planning Team602-510 7986
The JWC website:www.borderplanning.fhwa.dot.gov/mexico.asp
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THANK YOU !
Roger PetzoldOffice Of Planning
Border &Interstate Planning TeamFederal Highway Administration.
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U.S./MEXICO 21ST CENTURY BORDER
INITIATIVERoger Petzold
Federal Highway AdministrationOct. 23, 2013
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21st Century Border Agreement