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.
ALAN BERSINFor the first time since the second World War, we are not the sole dominant economy in the world.
More Alan Bersin Quotes
-
-
People should remember that Mexican migration is now at a net negative.
ALAN BERSIN -
To add insult to injury, most Americans never knew that, and most Mexicans have never forgotten it.
ALAN BERSIN -
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.
ALAN BERSIN -
In the last generation we’ve moved past a U.S.-Mexico relationship that while friendly on the surface, and demilitarized for the most part, really was not a genuinely cooperative relationship.
ALAN BERSIN -
That’s the way in which they get entry into a system that will eventually release them into the country.
ALAN BERSIN -
Mexico has become a robust democracy with a robust press and an active legislature.
ALAN BERSIN -
And we have to work together to secure the continent in order to keep dangerous people and dangerous things out and strengthen perimeter security on a continental basis.
ALAN BERSIN -
There are plainclothes US officers stationed at airports in Mexico working with Mexican immigration officials to protect the United States.
ALAN BERSIN -
And the smuggling of cash and the money laundering that transnational criminal organizations have instituted in North America, including in the United States.
ALAN BERSIN -
In 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 BERSIN -
And they seek out Border Patrol agents or Customs and Border Protection officials to surrender to them and request political asylum.
ALAN BERSIN -
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.
ALAN BERSIN -
The results became more and more apparent. Crime rates went down in the border region.
ALAN BERSIN -
Most people who live at the border or are familiar with the border know that a Berlin-like wall stretching from San Diego to Brownsville is not necessary. And the costs would be prohibitive.
ALAN BERSIN -
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.
ALAN BERSIN -
We have a combined population of half a billion people; peaceful trade-friendly borders that are the envy of the world.
ALAN BERSIN -
The potential of Mexico, Canada and the United States is enormous.
ALAN BERSIN -
Until we have a legitimate labor market between Mexico and the United States, people will attempt to come here to work.
ALAN BERSIN -
In the last two years, the Mexicans have detained nearly 400,000 migrants whose intent was to come to the United States.
ALAN BERSIN -
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 BERSIN -
In the course of 25 years, we have developed a constructive relationship with Mexico that was nonexistent before.
ALAN BERSIN -
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.
ALAN BERSIN -
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.
ALAN BERSIN -
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.
ALAN BERSIN -
The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development predicts it will have a larger economy than Germany by 2042.
ALAN BERSIN -
During the last eight to 10 years there have been continued efforts which have resulted in a strategic alliance with the Mexicans and improved safety and security at the border.
ALAN BERSIN