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.
ALAN BERSINThe work the Mexicans are doing in terms of migration control on Mexico’s southern border is crucial to our own border security.
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We need to realize that the economic situation between Mexico and the United States is not just one in which we trade with one another.
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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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And there are places on the border, such as the Arizona desert or the open terrain around the Big Bend in South Texas, where Mother Nature has created her own barrier that is not easily passable. Or if you do pass through it, you are easily detected.
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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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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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There are plainclothes US officers stationed at airports in Mexico working with Mexican immigration officials to protect the United States.
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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.
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It has gone from being a sending country for migrants to a transit country, and increasingly a receiving country for migrants in its own right.
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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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This is true despite the significant poverty, and the class and geographic inequality that have deep historical roots.
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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 today’s digital online world, those who don’t share information will be isolated and left behind.
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The Mexican people are increasingly middle class, and Mexico has substantially become a middle-class society.
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And they seek out Border Patrol agents or Customs and Border Protection officials to surrender to them and request political asylum.
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We must rely on our allies and foreign governments to share information and data to secure our country.
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