The prospect of energy independence is within reach and will change the geopolitical situation of United States.
ALAN BERSINPeople should remember that Mexican migration is now at a net negative.
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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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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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And the smuggling of cash and the money laundering that transnational criminal organizations have instituted in North America, including in the United States.
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The National Targeting Center in Virginia run by Customs and Border Protection checks the background of every traveler who seeks to enter the country.
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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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We have to secure the flow of goods and people by engaging with foreign entities.
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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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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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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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Until we have a legitimate labor market between Mexico and the United States, people will attempt to come here to work.
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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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Our security in a global world must be looked at on a continental basis.
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We need to realize that the economic situation between Mexico and the United States is not just one in which we trade with one another.
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The potential of Mexico, Canada and the United States is enormous.
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