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.
ALAN BERSINCross-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 idea was to restore the rule of law, to bring order to a chaotic situation.
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Mexico has become a robust democracy with a robust press and an active legislature.
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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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The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development predicts it will have a larger economy than Germany by 2042.
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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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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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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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Migration should take place in accordance with lawful norms and secure and safe procedures.
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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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If you build a 50-foot wall, you’ll soon be confronted with a 51-foot ladder.
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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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In the last two years, the Mexicans have detained nearly 400,000 migrants whose intent was to come to the United States.
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Today, the number of migrants crossing is at a 30-year low. That’s because of years of bipartisan work on this issue.
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An increasing number of Mexican companies are creating jobs in the United States.
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The potential of Mexico, Canada and the United States is enormous.
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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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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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For the first time since the second World War, we are not the sole dominant economy in the world.
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The 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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People should remember that Mexican migration is now at a net negative.
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Six million jobs in the US depend on trade with Mexico. Ten border states – six in Mexico and four in the United States – combined have the third or fourth largest economy in the world.
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That’s the way in which they get entry into a system that will eventually release them into the country.
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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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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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Twenty-nine US states depend on Mexico as their primary export market.
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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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