Thanks to All of You

Dear friends,

After a wonderful year of working with NDN’s 21st Century Border Initiative, I am moving on later this month to the Latin America Working Group. I will be an Associate on their Justice in Mexico and the Borderlands Campaign, working with human rights defenders on the ground in Mexico and leading advocacy campaigns with a binational coalition to improve policies at the US-Mexico border. I collaborated with LAWG while working in Mexico City, and interned there when I first came to Washington, DC, so I am honored to come full circle and return with more experience in a leadership position.

I could not be prouder or more grateful for the work I have been a part of this past year with NDN/NPI’s 21st Century Border Program. We have endeavored to promote a better, modern relationship with Mexico and a vision of a US-Mexico border that is not merely a dividing line but the center of opportunity. We have continued to fight for commonsense immigration reform that will grow our regional and national economies, strengthen national security, bring millions of people out of the shadows, and make the US a better and stronger country for the future. This work at NDN and with all of you has left me optimistic that, even in a tough political climate, smart bipartisan solutions are still within reach.

Most importantly, this work has brought me in contact with an excellent community of experts and advocates working on immigration reform and the US-Mexico relationship, perhaps the most essential current US policy priority and our most crucial binational relationship. I look forward to continuing this collaboration with all of you in my new role, and hope you will continue to let me know when I can be of assistance with your work. And I plan to see you often at many upcoming NDN community events. 

I can always be reached via emma.buckhout@gmail.com.

Warmest regards,

Emma