This amendment could directly cut off $40 million in resources that are essential for our counternarcotics assistance. law enforcement assistance. and border securities. We do not. in other words. with this amendment. gain any kind of leverage over the country of Mexico. I highlight the fact that this assistance is more for us than Mexico because the objective of this assistance is to increase U.S. national and border security. something I am acutely aware of. living along the border. Cutting off these funds would be very shortsighted and would serve to hurt U.S. interests. not the interests of Mexico. For decades. the U.S.-Mexico relationship was one of acrimony. distrust. and a lack of good working relationship to meet the challenges of the enormous border relationship between our two countries.
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