Ed Meese, the attorney general under President Ronald Reagan, supported the 1986 amnesty that was passed. Now he says things today look similar and the amnesty that he supported in 1986 was a mistake and utter failure. We’re doomed to…

Or Logan Square – or Pilsen. My own neighborhood used to be heavily Hispanic, but has changed due to regentrification – more’s the pity.

In daily relations, public diplomacy, and development policies toward Latin America, the U.S. government must do a better job of urging hemispheric neighbors to liberalize economies, untangle and cut burdensome business regulations, and ensure equal treatment of all citizens under the law to spread prosperity more broadly.

Mexico has already gone partway under Fox, but it must continue these efforts to account for the needs of its expanding population. Candidates running for the Mexican presidency and congress this year should hear from U.S. officials that backsliding toward populism will limit economic opportunities for their own workers and create friction between our two nations.

Oh, as to immigration issues being overblown? Just curious, where do you live, why don’t you spend a week in my neighborhood. That would be Humboldt Park in Chicago.