1.   At the same time, Mexican President Vicente Fox is working with his border state governors to come up with something similar.

2.   Because he was a border state governor for six years, Bush is the best-prepared U.S. chief executive in decades to deal with increasingly important U.S.-Mexican relations.

3.   But it is unclear where the other U.S. border governors stand.

4.   Gov. George W. Bush of Texas, the only border governor not attending the conference, is sending a representative.

5.   Wilson traveled to Mexico to meet with other border governors at their annual conferences only three times.

6.   He and Fox worked together as border governors before becoming presidents.