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If you build a 50-foot wall, you’ll soon be confronted with a 51-foot ladder.

Alan Bersin

As a result of the U.S.-Mexico War in the 19th century, and the treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo in 1848, half of what was Mexico was severed and became much of the western part of the United States.
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The potential of Mexico, Canada and the United States is enormous.
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Country Enormous Potential
And the smuggling of cash and the money laundering that transnational criminal organizations have instituted in North America, including in the United States.
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During the last eight to 10 years there have been continued efforts which have resulted in a strategic alliance with the Mexicans and improved safety and security at the border.
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Most people who live at the border or are familiar with the border know that a Berlin-like wall stretching from San Diego to Brownsville is not necessary. And the costs would be prohibitive.
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More Mexicans are leaving through deportation and voluntary return than are entering the United States legally and illegally.
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The image and the costs of a Berlin-like wall or a Great Wall of China is something that the American people have not accepted to date.
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In today’s digital online world, those who don’t share information will be isolated and left behind. We need the data of other countries to connect the dots.
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The nationalism and the protectionism that was built into the Mexican Revolution in 1910 and that characterized the Mexican attitude to the United States for much of the 20th century were difficult to overcome. But that actually has occurred. And the cooperation.
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For the first time since the second World War, we are not the sole dominant economy in the world.
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The prospect of energy independence is within reach and will change the geopolitical situation of United States.
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Migrants come up and no longer seek to evade the Border Patrol, but are actually left at the border by their smugglers.
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We have to secure the flow of goods and people by engaging with foreign entities.
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Every air traveler entering Mexico is vetted against US databases.
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The Mexican people are increasingly middle class, and Mexico has substantially become a middle-class society.
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There have been enormous advances since 9/11 to build a very robust set of targeting procedures and watch lists to screen travelers coming to the United States.
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