As a result of the U.S.-Mexico War in the 19th century, and the treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo in 1848, half of what was Mexico was severed and became much of the western part of the United States.
ALAN BERSINThe Mexican people are increasingly middle class, and Mexico has substantially become a middle-class society.
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Twenty-nine US states depend on Mexico as their primary export market.
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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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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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It has gone from being a sending country for migrants to a transit country, and increasingly a receiving country for migrants in its own right.
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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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The results became more and more apparent. Crime rates went down in the border region.
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The idea was to restore the rule of law, to bring order to a chaotic situation.
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Every air traveler entering Mexico is vetted against US databases.
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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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We must rely on our allies and foreign governments to share information and data to secure our country.
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As 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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Not only are the numbers of migrants entering the United States at the lowest levels in a generation, but they are now largely Central American.
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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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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 National Targeting Center in Virginia run by Customs and Border Protection checks the background of every traveler who seeks to enter the country.
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