The Mexican people are increasingly middle class, and Mexico has substantially become a middle-class society.
ALAN BERSINI think there’s no question that the barriers, the fences and in certain urban areas, the walls, have had an important effect in terms of increasing the manageability and the security of the border.
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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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The idea was to restore the rule of law, to bring order to a chaotic situation.
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There have been enormous advances since 9/11 to build a very robust set of targeting procedures and watch lists to screen travelers coming to 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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Our security in a global world must be looked at on a continental basis.
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An increasing number of Mexican companies are creating jobs in the United States.
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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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We have to secure the flow of goods and people by engaging with foreign entities.
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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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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 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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We do a trillion dollars in trade among the three countries; more than 18,000 American companies are involved in foreign direct investment in Mexico and Canada.
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We have a combined population of half a billion people; peaceful trade-friendly borders that are the envy of the world.
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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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