“Four out of five border-crossers detained in South Texas are Guatemalan, Honduran or Salvadoran. They are driven by violence and poverty in their home countries and the desire for family reunification.”

This joint security program has been in place for at least six years and is a huge asset.

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.

We have to secure the flow of goods and people by engaging with foreign entities.

The 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.

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.

The air passenger screening system Mexico has in place involves these checks against US national security and criminal data bases.

Twenty-nine US states depend on Mexico as their primary export market.

We must recognize that this massive economic bloc that’s emerging in North America cannot be accomplished unilaterally. It must be accomplished in partnership with Mexico and Canada.

This is true despite the significant poverty, and the class and geographic inequality that have deep historical roots.

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.

Mexico now has the 13th largest economy in the world.

The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development predicts it will have a larger economy than Germany by 2042.

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.

And they seek out Border Patrol agents or Customs and Border Protection officials to surrender to them and request political asylum.

We should be wary, particularly with our closest friends and allies, of breaking down the trust and confidence that lie at the foundation of relationships.

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.

Maintaining confidence in international trade will be critical to the broader economic recovery in the post-Covid world.

And after Brexit, we will be free to determine our economic future, with control over our money, laws and borders.

The ‘Protect America First Act’ is the most comprehensive and thorough piece of border security legislation to be introduced in the 117th Congress.

I have smuggled so many ingredients across so many borders, like shallot confit from Thailand, or a new sauce from New Orleans not approved by the FDA.

Joe Biden is rewarding human traffickers and coyotes who smuggle illegal aliens across the border.

We’ve opened our borders wide open to be flooded with illegal aliens coming into our country. This is the precedent that has been, and it will continue to happen unless we secure our border.

I regard you with an indifference closely bordering on aversion.

With a background in science I am extremely interested in the meeting ground of science, theology, and philosophy, especially the ethical questions at the border of science and theology.