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.
ALAN BERSINWe must rely on our allies and foreign governments to share information and data to secure our country.
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And they seek out Border Patrol agents or Customs and Border Protection officials to surrender to them and request political asylum.
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Walls and barriers alone are insufficient to insure 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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This is true despite the significant poverty, and the class and geographic inequality that have deep historical roots.
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Mexico has become a robust democracy with a robust press and an active legislature.
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Our security in a global world must be looked at on a continental basis.
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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 must rely on our allies and foreign governments to share information and data to secure our country.
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That’s the way in which they get entry into a system that will eventually release them into the country.
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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 Mexicans return the detained Central American migrants by bus or by air to the countries they come from.
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Twenty-nine US states depend on Mexico as their primary export market.
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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.
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People should remember that Mexican migration is now at a net negative.
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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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