Today, the number of migrants crossing is at a 30-year low. That’s because of years of bipartisan work on this issue.
ALAN BERSINAmerica 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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Until we have a legitimate labor market between Mexico and the United States, people will attempt to come here to work.
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We have to remember that information sharing is restricted by legal barriers and cultural barriers and by the notion that information is power and therefore should be hoarded so if you share information you can extract something in exchange.
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In large part this is because of the success of policies followed by the United States to create an environment, a peaceful period in history in which economies could grow and countries could benefit.
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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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Four out of five border-crossers detained in South Texas are Guatemalan, Honduran or Salvadoran. They are driven by violence and poverty in their home countries and the desire for family reunification.
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We have to secure the flow of goods and people by engaging with foreign entities.
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The Mexican people are increasingly middle class, and Mexico has substantially become a middle-class society.
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And we have to work together to secure the continent in order to keep dangerous people and dangerous things out and strengthen perimeter security on a continental basis.
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The idea was to restore the rule of law, to bring order to a chaotic situation.
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We must rely on our allies and foreign governments to share information and data to secure our country.
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This joint security program has been in place for at least six years and is a huge asset.
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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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And there are places on the border, such as the Arizona desert or the open terrain around the Big Bend in South Texas, where Mother Nature has created her own barrier that is not easily passable. Or if you do pass through it, you are easily detected.
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Every air traveler entering Mexico is vetted against US databases.
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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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