The results became more and more apparent. Crime rates went down in the border region.
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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.
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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 potential of Mexico, Canada and the United States is enormous.
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Six million jobs in the US depend on trade with Mexico. Ten border states – six in Mexico and four in the United States – combined have the third or fourth largest economy in the world.
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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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The Mexicans return the detained Central American migrants by bus or by air to the countries they come from.
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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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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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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 need to realize that the economic situation between Mexico and the United States is not just one in which we trade with one another.
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Trust and confidence that have been built is not something that should be abandoned without great consideration for the potentially grave consequences to the United States.
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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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The law change during the Bush administration gave the Department of Health and Human Services a central role in relocating Central American minors in the United States.
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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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We must rely on our allies and foreign governments to share information and data to secure our country.
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