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What’s on Hillary Clinton’s agenda in Mexico today? The American appetite for drugs may be fueling the drug war in Mexico, but then Attorney General Eric Holder's refusal to reinstitute a ban on the sale of assault rifles isn’t making things any better. Also, Congress has reneged on a Nafta promise to allow Mexican trucks into the U.S., and in retaliation Mexico instituted tariffs on 89 American products, targeting those that are produced in the districts of well-connected congressmembers. Finally, many American communities fear that Mexicans will cross the border to take already scarce jobs even as the U.S. recession spreads across the border.