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Transborder
Contacts
San Diego Border Patrol Sector
http://www.ins.usdoj.gov/
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on Field Office Addresses and Information, then the Border
Patrol Sector Map, then the map’s San Diego
sector.
Headquarters Location: 2411 Boswell Road, Chula Vista, California 91914;
Phone number: 619-216-4000.
U.S. Ambassador to Mexico
http://www.usembassy-mexico.gov/eAmbCorner.html
The U.S.-Mexico Embassy page has current issues and hot
topics, including "Security Across Borders" relating to steps
taken post 9.11. The "Ambassador’s Corner" has many links
regarding border issues, many editorials and opinion pieces by the State
Department.
San Diego Dialogue, University of California, San
Diego
http://www.sddialogue.org
All about solutions "to cross-border challenges in
economy, environment, and equity."
TransBorder Institute, University of San Diego
http://tbi.sandiego.edu/
One goal for the TBI is to serve as a vehicle of
communication, dialogue, exchange and collaboration, in order to break
down all sorts of barriers between the peoples who live on both sides of
the United States–Mexico border.
The U.S. Department of the Treasury
http://www.ustreas.gov/
The U.S. Customs Service is in charge of law enforcement in
the border regions.
SANDAG (San Diego Association of Governments)
http://www.sandag.cog.ca.us
SANDAG serves as the forum for regional decision-making for
the 18 cities and county governments in the San Diego area. Issues
discussed include growth, transportation, environmental management,
housing, energy, and economic development. The Binational Coordination
page contains information about SANDAG’s programs: BorderBase, a
bilingual directory of organizations, agencies, and institutions that work
along the California-Baja border; the SANDAG Committee on Binational Regional
Opportunities (COBRO), a policy advisory committee guiding SANDAG’s role
in binational planning activities, and many others.
South County Economic Development Council
http://www.sandiegosouth.com/
The South County EDC is a consortium of bi-national
businesses with articles about laws about the U.S.-Mexico border,
maquiladoras, the region’s economic prospects, etc. SCEDC hosted an
economic summit in 2000 that discussed current and future challenges to
the San Diego/Tijuana border. A summary of the conference events is
listed.
U.S.-Mexico Chamber of Commerce
http://www.usmcoc.org/index.html
The Chamber is a non-profit corporation, established by a
coalition of U.S. and Mexican businessmen who created a bilateral
organization to promote trade, investment and joint ventures on both sides
of the border.
Online, Searchable Database of Mexico's Environmental Laws.
http://www.ventanaambientalmexico.com/
In 2002, a new web site containing Mexico's environmental laws,
regulations and technical standards was launched on the United
States-Mexico Chamber of Commerce homepage. The website, called Ventana
Ambiental Mexico ("EnvironmentalWindow-Mexico, or VAM), was developed
in part with a grant from the U.S. Department of Commerce and assistance
from Mexico's Federal environment ministry (SEMARNAT) to address a
non-tariff trade barrier caused by difficulty in acquiring this
information. The web site contains Federal, state and municipal
environmental legislation, reflecting the recent trend in Mexico to
decentralize enforcement authority for environmental compliance from the
Federal to state and local authorities. The web site utilizes various
search options, including a detailed site map to manually navigate the
information, a keyword search, and an advanced search based on relational
database technology that allows users to narrow their searches on multiple
attributes of desired documents. The web site also contains tutorial
information and a bilingual glossary of terms. The statutes in the current
web site contain original Spanish text of the laws, and an English version
of the web site is planned.
Trade Commission of Mexico
http://www.mexico-trade.com
Promotes investment, increase and consolidation of Mexico's
export capacity and design strategies to introduce Mexican products to
international markets. The Trade Commission of Mexico maintains a
comprehensive list of services to the international trade and
entrepreneurial community.
Government of Baja California (in English)
http://www.bajacalifornia.gob.mx/ENGLISH/home.htm
A relatively new site that has information about government
officials; not yet fully developed.
World Trade Center of Baja California
http://www.wtcbc.org
As a non-political, international organization, WTCBC is
dedicated to the promotion of global trade, the development of
communication, culture, education and understanding between all the
regions of the world.
INEGI (Instituto Nacional de Estadistica, Geografia e
Informatica/National Institute of Statistics, Geography and Information)
http://www.inegi.gob.mx/difusion/ingles/portadai.html
INEGI’s mission is to provide statistical and geographic
information about Mexico and promote to the social welfare, sustainable
economic growth and democratic development.
Border Environment Cooperation Commission (in English)
http://www.cocef.org/englishbecc.html
BECC identifies, supports, evaluates and certifies
affordable environmental infrastructure projects as a binational team, to
improve the quality of life for the people in the U.S.-Mexico border
region.
Tijuana Economic Development Corporation
http://www.tijuana-edc.com
A wealth of information for the investor or business
interested in Tijuana.
California Center for Border and Regional Economic Studies
http://www.ccbres.sdsu.edu/
The Center’s research is dedicated to informing community
members and decision makers of demographic, economic and social trends in
the Imperial Valley and western U.S.-Mexican border region. Also has links
to other sites with similar goals.
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