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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.

Alan Bersin

But in fact as Secretary of Homeland Security General John Kelly acknowledged at his confirmation hearing, walls and barriers alone are insufficient to insure security.
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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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If you build a 50-foot wall, you’ll soon be confronted with a 51-foot ladder.
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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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Mexico has become a robust democracy with a robust press and an active legislature.
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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 work the Mexicans are doing in terms of migration control on Mexico’s southern border is crucial to our own border security.
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We should be wary, particularly with our closest friends and allies, of breaking down the trust and confidence that lie at the foundation of relationships.
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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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An increasing number of Mexican companies are creating jobs in the United States.
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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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Every air traveler entering Mexico is vetted against US databases.
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We must recognize that this massive economic bloc that’s emerging in North America cannot be accomplished unilaterally. It must be accomplished in partnership with Mexico and Canada.
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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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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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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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