federal investigative police. 4. Resistance to inbound immigration. The Mexican inbound immigration environment works well for temporary business visitors. To get a non-immigrant visa with residency (FM3) is simply a matter of documentation. To gain citizenship, to become a part of Mexico, and to commit to a future here? Much more challenging. Many years of waiting (unless married to a Mexican) is followed by criteria which rule out many serious businessmen (travel restrictions over years in order to acquire citizenship), and institutional racism (latin americans get preferential treatment - "guerros", blondies have to serve several extra years as we are assumed not to join the culture as easily). This is the very reverse of vibrant immigrant economies like Silicon Valley where anyone with a dime to invest or an idea to create a business on gets immediately onto a citizenship track with the right application (via green card, obviously). The drug violence is a serious issue, and it is far less serious than the foreign media presents it as - but there is a reality in how it is experienced. Fareed Zakaria noted a report the other day suggesting that drug violence takes 1% off growth in Mexico every year - but that's far from the truth. It's far more serious for the tourism industry (one of the larger sectors here), and try getting clients to fly in to Mexico for meetings!!! I hope that reporting on this topic will become far less sensational over time, and talk about the