Every air traveler entering Mexico is vetted against US databases.
ALAN BERSINFour 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.
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This joint security program has been in place for at least six years and is a huge asset.
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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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The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development predicts it will have a larger economy than Germany by 2042.
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The results became more and more apparent. Crime rates went down in the border region.
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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.
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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.
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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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This is true despite the significant poverty, and the class and geographic inequality that have deep historical roots.
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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 prospect of energy independence is within reach and will change the geopolitical situation of United States.
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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.
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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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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.
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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.
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For the first time since the second World War, we are not the sole dominant economy in the world.
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