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 BERSINThe 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.
More Alan Bersin Quotes
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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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Every air traveler entering Mexico is vetted against US databases.
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The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development predicts it will have a larger economy than Germany by 2042.
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In the course of 25 years, we have developed a constructive relationship with Mexico that was nonexistent before.
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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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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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More Mexicans are leaving through deportation and voluntary return than are entering the United States legally and illegally.
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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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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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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.
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Mexico has become a robust democracy with a robust press and an active legislature.
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The air passenger screening system Mexico has in place involves these checks against US national security and criminal data bases.
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Homeland security is inherently transnational today. There’s hardly anything adverse that happens in our homeland that doesn’t have a cause or effect that’s generated abroad. Increasingly.
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Twenty-nine US states depend on Mexico as their primary export market.
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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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