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.
ALAN BERSINIn 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.
ALAN BERSINI think there’s no question that the barriers, the fences and in certain urban areas, the walls, have had an important effect in terms of increasing the manageability and the security of the border.
ALAN BERSINThe 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.
ALAN BERSINMore Mexicans are leaving through deportation and voluntary return than are entering the United States legally and illegally.
ALAN BERSINWe have to secure the flow of goods and people by engaging with foreign entities.
ALAN BERSINThe Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development predicts it will have a larger economy than Germany by 2042.
ALAN BERSINThe image and the costs of a Berlin-like wall or a Great Wall of China is something that the American people have not accepted to date.
ALAN BERSINThe 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.
ALAN BERSINToday, the number of migrants crossing is at a 30-year low. That’s because of years of bipartisan work on this issue.
ALAN BERSINThe prospect of energy independence is within reach and will change the geopolitical situation of United States.
ALAN BERSINFor the first time since the second World War, we are not the sole dominant economy in the world.
ALAN BERSINIn 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.
ALAN BERSINAnd 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.
ALAN BERSINWe need to realize that the economic situation between Mexico and the United States is not just one in which we trade with one another.
ALAN BERSINMexico now has the 13th largest economy in the world.
ALAN BERSINThis is true despite the significant poverty, and the class and geographic inequality that have deep historical roots.
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