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.
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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Mexico has become a robust democracy with a robust press and an active legislature.
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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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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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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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Twenty-nine US states depend on Mexico as their primary export market.
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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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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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The results became more and more apparent. Crime rates went down in the border region.
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I 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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In the last generation we’ve moved past a U.S.-Mexico relationship that while friendly on the surface, and demilitarized for the most part, really was not a genuinely cooperative relationship.
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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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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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If you build a 50-foot wall, you’ll soon be confronted with a 51-foot ladder.
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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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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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