We do a trillion dollars in trade among the three countries; more than 18,000 American companies are involved in foreign direct investment in Mexico and Canada.
ALAN BERSINAs former Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano pointed out, if you build a 50-foot wall, you’ll soon be confronted with a 51-foot ladder.
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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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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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In the last two years, the Mexicans have detained nearly 400,000 migrants whose intent was to come to the United States.
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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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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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Not only are the numbers of migrants entering the United States at the lowest levels in a generation, but they are now largely Central American.
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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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This is true despite the significant poverty, and the class and geographic inequality that have deep historical roots.
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The National Targeting Center in Virginia run by Customs and Border Protection checks the background of every traveler who seeks to enter the country.
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We can’t defend the country by looking at the borderline as the first line of defense rather than as the last line of defense.
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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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We assure our security by securing the flows as early as we can before they arrive and as far away from our borders as we can.
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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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The idea was to restore the rule of law, to bring order to a chaotic situation.
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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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