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.
ALAN BERSINOur security in a global world must be looked at on a continental basis.
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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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And we have to work together to secure the continent in order to keep dangerous people and dangerous things out and strengthen perimeter security on a continental basis.
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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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More Mexicans are leaving through deportation and voluntary return than are entering the United States legally and illegally.
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Migration should take place in accordance with lawful norms and secure and safe procedures.
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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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We must rely on our allies and foreign governments to share information and data to secure our country.
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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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The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development predicts it will have a larger economy than Germany by 2042.
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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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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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An increasing number of Mexican companies are creating jobs in the United States.
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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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The nationalism and the protectionism that was built into the Mexican Revolution in 1910 and that characterized the Mexican attitude to the United States for much of the 20th century were difficult to overcome. But that actually has occurred. And the cooperation.
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The Mexicans return the detained Central American migrants by bus or by air to the countries they come from.
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