The air passenger screening system Mexico has in place involves these checks against US national security and criminal data bases.
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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The cry of “Make America Great Again” reflects accurately that, after the fall of the Soviet Union, the sole superpower status of the United States is coming to an end.
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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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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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We must rely on our allies and foreign governments to share information and data to secure our country.
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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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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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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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For the first time since the second World War, we are not the sole dominant economy in the world.
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Four out of five border-crossers detained in South Texas are Guatemalan, Honduran or Salvadoran. They are driven by violence and poverty in their home countries and the desire for family reunification.
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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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In today’s digital online world, those who don’t share information will be isolated and left behind. We need the data of other countries to connect the dots.
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We have to secure the flow of goods and people by engaging with foreign entities.
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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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The prospect of energy independence is within reach and will change the geopolitical situation of United States.
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Walls and barriers alone are insufficient to insure security.
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