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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.

Alan Bersin

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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Homeland Inherently Security Today Transnational
During the last eight to 10 years there have been continued efforts which have resulted in a strategic alliance with the Mexicans and improved safety and security at the border.
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Advance Borde Continue Country Improve Safety Strategy Year
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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Border Combine Country Depend Economy Four Job Largest Million Six State Trade World
We have to remember that information sharing is restricted by legal barriers and cultural barriers and by the notion that information is power and therefore should be hoarded so if you share information you can extract something in exchange.
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Barrier Cultural exchange Hoard Information Legal Notion Power Remember Restrict Share Something
The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development predicts it will have a larger economy than Germany by 2042.
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Cooperation Country Development Economy Organization Predict
For the first time since the second World War, we are not the sole dominant economy in the world.
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Dominant Economy First Second Since Sole Time World
This is true despite the significant poverty, and the class and geographic inequality that have deep historical roots.
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Class Deep Despite Geographic Historical Inequality Poverty Root Significant
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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We make things together. We have shared production platforms.
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Walls and barriers alone are insufficient to insure security.
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Alone Barrier Insufficient Insure Security Wall
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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Border Extent Mean President Security Strengthened
The idea was to restore the rule of law, to bring order to a chaotic situation.
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Bring Chaotic Idea Law Order Restore Rule Situation
You need a strategy that involves layered defense: deployed patrols, sophisticated sensor equipment, and surveillance from the air. That is what has had a positive impact over the last generation.
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Defense Equipment Generation Impact Patrol Positive Sophisticate Strategy Surveillance
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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An increasing number of Mexican companies are creating jobs in the United States.
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As former Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano pointed out, if you build a 50-foot wall, you’ll soon be confronted with a 51-foot ladder.
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Built Confront Former Homeland Ladder Out Point Security Soon Wall

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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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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