
Border Legislative Conference (BLC)
The Border Legislative Conference (BLC) serves as a binational forum in which legislators can exchange best practices and identify policy solutions addressing the complex issues along the 2,000-mile U.S. – Mexico border region. Providing a focused and ongoing dialogue among state legislators of the 10 U.S. – Mexico border states, the BLC fosters regional collaboration and mutual understanding.
Membership in the BLC is comprised of legislators from the ten states along the U.S.-Mexico border. These states include California, Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas in the U.S., and Baja California, Sonora, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Nuevo Leon, and Tamaulipas in Mexico. These members are selected by and serve at the pleasure of their respective appointing authorities.
For more information on the BLC, please contact Martha Castañeda, Director of Policy & International Programs.
Leadership
Assemblymember Jose Medina
California
Chair
Assemblymember Jose Medina was elected in November 2012 to represent California’s 61st Assembly District, which consists of Riverside, Moreno Valley, Perris, and Mead Valley. He currently serves as chair of the Assembly Committee on Higher Education.
… Read MoreMembership Roster
Arizona
- Senator David Gowan
Baja California
- Diputado Román Cota Muñoz
- Diputado Juan Manuel Molina García
- Diputado Manuel Guerrero Luna
- Diputado Víctor Hugo Navarro Gutiérrez
- Diputada Alejandra María Ang Hernández
- Diputada Liliana Michel Sánchez Allende
- Diputado César Adrian González García
- Diputado Julio César Vázquez Castillo
- Diputado Sergio Moctezuma Martínez López
- Diputado Marco Antonio Blásquez Salinas
- Diputada Julia Andrea González Quiroz
- Diputada Evelyn Sánchez Sánchez
- Diputado Ramón Vázquez Valadez
- Diputada Gloria Arcelia Miramontes Plantillas
- Diputada Araceli Geraldo Núñez
- Diputada María del Rocio Adame Muñoz
- Diputada Claudia Josefina Agatón Muñiz
- Diputada Dunnia Montserrat Murillo López
- Diputada María Monserrat Rodríguez Lorenzo
- Diputado Miguel Peña Chávez
- Diputada Rosa Margarita García Zamarripa
- Diputada Amintha Guadalupe Briceño Cinco
- Diputada Santa Alejandrina Corral Quintero
- Diputado Juan Diego Echevarría Ibarra
- Diputada Daylín García Ruvalcaba
California
- Senator Ben Allen
- Assemblymember Jose Medina
Chihuahua
- (None presently)
Coahuila
- (None presently)
New Mexico
- Senator Gregory Baca
- Senator David Gallegos
- Senator Carrie Hamblen
- Senator Siah Correa Hemphill
- Senator Stuaret Ingle
- Senator Shannon Pinto
- Senator Bill Soules
- Senator Jeff Steinborn
- Representative Harry Garcia
- Representative Patrcia Roybal Caballero
- Representative Angelica Rubio
- Representative Debra Sarinana
Nuevo León
- (None presently)
Sonora
- Diputado Ernesto Roger Munro Jr.
- Diputado José Armando Gutiérrez Jiménez
- Diputada Azalia Guevara Espinoza
- Diputado Ricardo Lugo Moreno
- Diputada María Jesús Castro Urquijo
- Diputada Rosa Elena Trujillo Llanes
- Diputado Próspero Valenzuela Muñer
- Diputado Óscar Eduardo Castro Castro
- Diputado Jacobo Mendoza Ruiz
- Diputada Ernestina Castro Valenzuela
- Diputado Luis Arturo Robles Higuera
- Diputado José Rafael Ramírez Morales
- Diputada Paloma María Terán Villalobos
- Diputada Claudia Zulema Bours Corral
- Diputada Brenda Lizeth Cordava Buzani
- Diputado Iram Leobardo SolÍs GarcÍa
- Diputada Elia Sahara Sallard Hernández
- Diputado Sebastián Antonio Orduño Fragoza
- Diputado Héctor Raúl Castelo Montaño
- Diputada María Alicia Gaytán Sánchez
- Diputada Margarita Velez De La Rocha
- Diputada María Sagrario Montaño Palomares
Tamaulipas
- (None presently)
Texas
- (None presently)