The work the Mexicans are doing in terms of migration control on Mexico’s southern border is crucial to our own border security.
ALAN BERSINThe air passenger screening system Mexico has in place involves these checks against US national security and criminal data bases.
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We do a trillion dollars in trade among the three countries; more than 18,000 American companies are involved in foreign direct investment in Mexico and Canada.
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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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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.
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To add insult to injury, most Americans never knew that, and most Mexicans have never forgotten it.
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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 Mexicans return the detained Central American migrants by bus or by air to the countries they come from.
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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.
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People should remember that Mexican migration is now at a net negative.
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Twenty-nine US states depend on Mexico as their primary export market.
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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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People in our so-called Rust Belt have lost out, and politics and society have not been responsive either in providing the kind of additional support they need or to retrain them for jobs that are being created in the new economy.
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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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And the smuggling of cash and the money laundering that transnational criminal organizations have instituted in North America, including in the United States.
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Every air traveler entering Mexico is vetted against US databases.
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We make things together. We have shared production platforms.
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