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The Border Crisis

| Program on Field Research

About the Event

Exclusively for Members of FPRI

A surge of illegal immigration -- estimates say that 90,000 unaccompanied children will have crossed over into the United States from Central America via Mexico this year by September’s end – has created a humanitarian crisis while raising searching questions about US immigration policy. Indeed, the 1,954-mile United States-Mexico border is the most frequently crossed international border in the world. What are the geopolitical issues framing the U.S.-Mexico border crisis? And how should Washington respond?

To comment on these issues, we are pleased to feature our own David Danelo, Director of Field Research at FPRI and former director of policy for US Customs and Border Protection. In 2009-2011, Danelo spent extensive time in northern Mexico as an FPRI Senior Fellow, culminating in his FPRI E-Book on The Geopolitics of Northern Mexico.

David DaneloA 1998 U.S. Naval Academy graduate, Danelo served seven years as a Marine Corps infantry officer, including a 2004 Iraq deployment as a convoy commander, intelligence officer and provisional executive officer. Danelo is the author of two books, Blood Stripes: The Grunt’s View of the War in Iraq, which Gen. James Mattis listed among mandatory reading for Marines deploying to combat; and The Border: Exploring the U.S.-Mexican Divide, which earned a spot on the U.S. Customs and Border Protection commissioner’s reading list. His next book, The Return, due out in October, explores veterans’ transitions to civilian life.


Venue

FPRI

123 S. Broad St, Suite 1920
Philadelphia. PA. US. 19109


Registration

  • Live attendance is open to FPRI Members at the $100 Level;
  • Luncheon immediately following the program is open to FPRI Members at the $500 level.

Reservations are required. RSVP: events@fpri.org

For more information contact 215 732 3774, ext 200 or events@fpri.org.

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Speakers

David Danelo

David Danelo - David Danelo was formerly a Senior Fellow at the Foreign Policy Research Institute. He teaches and conducts field research, consults on international border management, investigates geopolitical risk, and writes about intersections between policy, security and culture.