As a result of the U.S.-Mexico War in the 19th century, and the treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo in 1848, half of what was Mexico was severed and became much of the western part of the United States.
ALAN BERSINToday, the number of migrants crossing is at a 30-year low. That’s because of years of bipartisan work on this issue.
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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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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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The prospect of energy independence is within reach and will change the geopolitical situation of United States.
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We assure our security by securing the flows as early as we can before they arrive and as far away from our borders as we can.
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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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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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Walls and barriers alone are insufficient to insure security.
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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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Twenty-nine US states depend on Mexico as their primary export market.
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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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It has gone from being a sending country for migrants to a transit country, and increasingly a receiving country for migrants in its own right.
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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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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 potential of Mexico, Canada and the United States is enormous.
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Mexico has become a robust democracy with a robust press and an active legislature.
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