People in our so-called Rust Belt have lost out, and politics and society have not been responsive either in providing the kind of additional support they need or to retrain them for jobs that are being created in the new economy.
ALAN BERSINWalls and barriers alone are insufficient to insure security.
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Migration should take place in accordance with lawful norms and secure and safe procedures.
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We have a combined population of half a billion people; peaceful trade-friendly borders that are the envy of the world.
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Our security in a global world must be looked at on a continental basis.
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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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Today, the number of migrants crossing is at a 30-year low. That’s because of years of bipartisan work on this issue.
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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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If you build a 50-foot wall, you’ll soon be confronted with a 51-foot ladder.
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That’s the way in which they get entry into a system that will eventually release them into the country.
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There are plainclothes US officers stationed at airports in Mexico working with Mexican immigration officials to protect the United States.
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Every air traveler entering Mexico is vetted against US databases.
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The air passenger screening system Mexico has in place involves these checks against US national security and criminal data bases.
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America should be working more with the Mexicans to prevent the flow of guns going south into Mexico that have fueled so much of the violence there.
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I think there’s no question that the barriers, the fences and in certain urban areas, the walls, have had an important effect in terms of increasing the manageability and the security of the border.
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In today’s digital online world, those who don’t share information will be isolated and left behind.
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To add insult to injury, most Americans never knew that, and most Mexicans have never forgotten it.
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