Today, the number of migrants crossing is at a 30-year low. That’s because of years of bipartisan work on this issue.
ALAN BERSINOur security in a global world must be looked at on a continental basis.
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The results became more and more apparent. Crime rates went down in the border region.
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We make things together. We have shared production platforms.
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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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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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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.
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People should remember that Mexican migration is now at a net negative.
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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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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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For the first time since the second World War, we are not the sole dominant economy in the world.
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Twenty-nine US states depend on Mexico as their primary export market.
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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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An increasing number of Mexican companies are creating jobs in the United States.
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Mexico now has the 13th largest economy in the world.
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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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The idea was to restore the rule of law, to bring order to a chaotic situation.
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