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.
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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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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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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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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There are plainclothes US officers stationed at airports in Mexico working with Mexican immigration officials to protect the United States.
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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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Cross-border trade is part of a single production process, and while apparently the Trump administration will seek to re-examine elements of that production platform, it is what it is and won’t be easily dismantled.
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The cry of “Make America Great Again” reflects accurately that, after the fall of the Soviet Union, the sole superpower status of the United States is coming to an end.
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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 Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development predicts it will have a larger economy than Germany by 2042.
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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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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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You need a strategy that involves layered defense: deployed patrols, sophisticated sensor equipment, and surveillance from the air. That is what has had a positive impact over the last generation.
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To the extent that President Trump means strengthened border security, I am fully in favor of the idea that the rule of the law, secure borders and public safety should prevail. Drugs should not enter illegally.
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We have to secure the flow of goods and people by engaging with foreign entities.
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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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