For the first time since the second World War, we are not the sole dominant economy in the world.
ALAN BERSINOur security in a global world must be looked at on a continental basis.
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We make things together. We have shared production platforms.
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The idea was to restore the rule of law, to bring order to a chaotic situation.
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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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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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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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The law change during the Bush administration gave the Department of Health and Human Services a central role in relocating Central American minors in the United States.
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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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The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development predicts it will have a larger economy than Germany by 2042.
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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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Every air traveler entering Mexico is vetted against US databases.
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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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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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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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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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