The National Targeting Center in Virginia run by Customs and Border Protection checks the background of every traveler who seeks to enter the country.
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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Migrants come up and no longer seek to evade the Border Patrol, but are actually left at the border by their smugglers.
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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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In the course of 25 years, we have developed a constructive relationship with Mexico that was nonexistent before.
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There have been enormous advances since 9/11 to build a very robust set of targeting procedures and watch lists to screen travelers coming to the United States.
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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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This is true despite the significant poverty, and the class and geographic inequality that have deep historical roots.
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We have a combined population of half a billion people; peaceful trade-friendly borders that are the envy of the world.
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We have to secure the flow of goods and people by engaging with foreign entities.
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Most people who live at the border or are familiar with the border know that a Berlin-like wall stretching from San Diego to Brownsville is not necessary. And the costs would be prohibitive.
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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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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.
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Mexico has become a robust democracy with a robust press and an active legislature.
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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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Our security in a global world must be looked at on a continental basis.
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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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