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 BERSINThis 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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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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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.
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Twenty-nine US states depend on Mexico as their primary export market.
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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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I 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.
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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.
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The 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.
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The idea was to restore the rule of law, to bring order to a chaotic situation.
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The potential of Mexico, Canada and the United States is enormous.
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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.
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Walls and barriers alone are insufficient to insure security.
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The Mexican people are increasingly middle class, and Mexico has substantially become a middle-class society.
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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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We have to secure the flow of goods and people by engaging with foreign entities.
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