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Plan: The United States federal government should substantially increase nanotechnology assistance with Mexico.

 * Contention one is the transhuman condition**

Inter Press Service 2k12 (Tierramérica, “MEXICO: Scientists Call For Regulation of Nanotechnology,” 03/12/2012, http://www.tierramerica.info/nota.php?lang=eng&idnews=3920&olt=568, AC) MEXICO CITY, Mar 12 (Tierramérica).- Nanotechnology... ...cosmetics and packaging, among other products.
 * Nano Development in Mexico is happening and is unregulated now – your turns all assume the status quo**

some of the efforts made in this regard. Foladori and Lau 2k7 (ReLANS coordinators, Doctoral Program in Development Studies Universidad Autónoma de Zacatecas Zacatecas, México, “Nanotechnologies in Latin America,” pg online @ []  //um-ef)// //At the beginning of 2002,... //
 * Unspecialized shoddy development of nanotechnology risks misuse and failure that will kill investment and destroy the environment**

//mentioning some of the efforts made in this regard. //

//rationale behind their implementation. //

//**This is specifically true in Latin America – Solely private sector development in favor of competitiveness destroys development possibilities**//

//Foladori and Lau 2k7 ReLANS coordinators, Doctoral Program in Development Studies Universidad Autónoma de Zacatecas Zacatecas, México, “Nanotechnologies in Latin America,” pg online @ **[] **//um-ef)

There has been little...

rationale behind their implementation.


 * Successful Development of nanotechnology allows an end primitive notions of war and suffering through embracement of immortality and trans-human ethics**


 * Merta 10 **(E. Merta, University of New Mexico School of Law, Health Sciences Library, “THE NANOTECHNOLOGY AGENDA:¶ MOLECULAR MACHINES AND SOCIAL TRANSFORMATION¶ IN THE 21st CENTURY”, 3/22/2010, **[] **//VS)//

//<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">The same technology <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9.33333px;">, they say, <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">can be used to prevent aging... //

//<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">...put an end to the most ancient forms of human suffering.[44] //

//**This fundamentally changes what it means to be a human by altering the brain with artificial intelligence systems that make scarcity of labor and resources obsolete**// //**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Merta 10 **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">(E. Merta, University of New Mexico School of Law, Health Sciences Library, “THE NANOTECHNOLOGY AGENDA:¶ MOLECULAR MACHINES AND SOCIAL TRANSFORMATION¶ IN THE 21st CENTURY”, 3/22/2010, <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">[] //VS) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10.6667px;">While // nanotechnology //**__<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;"> alters the basics of human biology __** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10.6667px;">...forms of human suffering.[44]

Wilson Center 2k7 (Woodrow Wilson Internatonal Center for scholars “The promise of Nanotechnology” may 2007 pg online @ [] //um-ef)// // The market opportunity is substantial.... // must include benefits for people in both rich and poor nations // and at relatively low cost."... //
 * This is critical to ending social and economic inequality by enabling __universal access__ to necessities and medical assistance**

//**Collaboration is key – only way to ensure equal access research**// //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">Lodwick et al 7 // //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">(T. Lodwick*, R. Rodrigues**, R. Sandler***, W.D. Kay * Nanotechnology and Society Research Group (NSRG), Northeastern University **Santa Clara University, School of Law,** *NSRG, Department of Philosophy and Religion, Northeastern University, NSRG, Deapartment of Political Science, Northeastern University, “nanotechnology and the global poor: the united states policy and international collaborations” pg online @ <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">[] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">, AC) // // Perhaps the most basic barrier to conducting nanotechnology... // ...address the social problems facing the developing world (pro-poor research//).//

//**And, Mexico is key – Provides a Nano Model for Developing Countries –**// //**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Lau 08 **// //**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Researcher of the Latin American Nanotechnology & Society Network ****<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 8px;">¶ ****<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">(ReLANS); PhD. ****<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 8px;">¶ ****<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Candidate in Development Studies at the Universidad Autonoma de Zacatecas **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">(Edgar Zayago, “Nanotechnology may be more useful for Mexican society”, 2008, <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">[] //VS) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10.6667px;">As one of the handful of countries pursuing nanotechnology... <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10.6667px;">...reflexive and <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 8px;">¶ <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10.6667px;"> above all social <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">assessments


 * Contention two is the brewing storm**


 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Extinction absent the plan is inevitable **

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">A pandemic will kill off all humans.. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10.6667px;">...which could only infect birds — into a human-viable strain (10).
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">a. New disease strains will emerge and devastate humanity wreaking havoc on the earth **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Yu 2k9 **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">(5/22, Victoria, Dartmouth Undergraduate Journal of Science, "Human extinction: the uncertainty of our fate", http://dujs.dartmouth.edu/spring-2009/human-extinction-the-uncertainty-of-our-fate)

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10.6667px;">**b.**
 * Salinity changes in the ocean, invasive species, super volcanos and asteroids will all cause extinction absent technological development**


 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Trewavas ‘2k **

<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">(Anthony, Institute of Cell and Molecular Biology – University of Edinburgh, “GM Is the Best Option We Have”, AgBioWorld, 6-5, <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">[] <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">)

<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.6667px;">There are some Western critics who oppose any solution to world problems...

<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.6667px;">...Diversity helps secure our food supply. We have heard much of the precautionary principle in recent years; my version of it is "be prepared".

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10.6667px;">**c.**
 * Super anthrax strains**


 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Maartens 6 **

<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">(Dr. Willie, Ph.D. – Business Economics and Management, Mapping Reality: A Critical Perspective on Science and Religion, p. 251-252) Kerwin

<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">The scientists are the ’high priests of today’...

<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">...explosion, is but one of the known deadly agents.


 * Additionally, the impact calculus is on our side Extinction risks outweigh everything else because they contain the value of all future lives – it is selfish as a policymaker to neglect it**


 * MATHENY 2007** (Jason, Department of Health Policy and Management, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, “Reducing the Risk of Human Extinction,” Risk Analysis, Vol 27, No 5)

__Even if extinction events are improbable...__

__those that threaten 100%.__


 * Nothing can outweigh extinction even if the risk is miniscule**


 * MATHENY 2007** (Jason, Department of Health Policy and Management, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, “Reducing the Risk of Human Extinction,” Risk Analysis, Vol 27, No 5)

__We may be poorly equipped to recognize...__

...extinction risks we face and the costs of mitigating them.20


 * Contention three is go for politics... we dare you**


 * Obama not key to immigration reform – Interest groups control passage**


 * Bernstein 7/10** Jonathan, //The strange (probable?) death of immigration reform//, http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-partisan/wp/2013/07/10/the-strange-probable-death-of-immigration-reform/

On the other hand...

...and not just behind closed doors, to get it.

As for Sotomayor, from here the path toward almost certain confirmation goes as follows: the Senate Judiciary Committee is slated to hold hearings sometime this summer (this involves both written depositions and of course open hearings), which should lead to formal Senate approval before Congress presidential power that cannot be measured through legislative boxscores.
 * Issues are compartmentalized and presidential influence is exaggerated**
 * Dickinson, 09** – professor of political science at Middlebury College and taught previously at Harvard University where he worked under the supervision of presidential scholar Richard Neustadt (5/26/09, Matthew, Presidential Power: A NonPartisan Analysis of Presidential Politics, “Sotomayor, Obama and Presidential Power,” http://blogs.middlebury.edu/presidentialpower/2009/05/26/sotamayor-obama-and-presidential-power/, JMP)


 * Obama won’t push CIR anyways**

Klein, 7/12 (Ezra, 7/12/2013, “Is Obama’s biggest problem … Obama?” [], JMP)

For the White House, immigration reform perfectly encapsulates the most frustrating reality...

...divided government makes big, new laws unlikely.