Modern North American Politics: An Analysis

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Modern North American politics has focused strongly on the border between the USA and Mexico, with one particular politician claiming that Mexico will provide and erect a wall on the border of the two countries. This politician believes that a barrier between the political entities will end the flow of Mexicans into the United States and will result in an America for Americans. What this politician does not understand is that Greater Mexico has promulgated, and that already dwells within the United States and the whole world. There are no bounds restraining Greater Mexico, because it is everywhere since, as Dr. Spener explained, Greater Mexico is wherever there are “Mexicans living and doing things that are Mexican.” The question that this

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