In the course of 25 years, we have developed a constructive relationship with Mexico that was nonexistent before.
ALAN BERSINUntil we have a legitimate labor market between Mexico and the United States, people will attempt to come here to work.
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We have to secure the flow of goods and people by engaging with foreign entities.
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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.
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And we have to work together to secure the continent in order to keep dangerous people and dangerous things out and strengthen perimeter security on a continental basis.
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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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For the first time since the second World War, we are not the sole dominant economy in the world.
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Mexico has become a robust democracy with a robust press and an active legislature.
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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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The idea was to restore the rule of law, to bring order to a chaotic situation.
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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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Migration should take place in accordance with lawful norms and secure and safe procedures.
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Our security in a global world must be looked at on a continental basis.
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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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But in fact as Secretary of Homeland Security General John Kelly acknowledged at his confirmation hearing, walls and barriers alone are insufficient to insure security.
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Cross-border trade is part of a single production process, and while apparently the Trump administration will seek to re-examine elements of that production platform, it is what it is and won’t be easily dismantled.
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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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