In the course of 25 years, we have developed a constructive relationship with Mexico that was nonexistent before.
ALAN BERSINPeople in our so-called Rust Belt have lost out, and politics and society have not been responsive either in providing the kind of additional support they need or to retrain them for jobs that are being created in the new economy.
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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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An increasing number of Mexican companies are creating jobs in the United States.
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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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The image and the costs of a Berlin-like wall or a Great Wall of China is something that the American people have not accepted to date.
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Migration should take place in accordance with lawful norms and secure and safe procedures.
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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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People should remember that Mexican migration is now at a net negative.
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Twenty-nine US states depend on Mexico as their primary export market.
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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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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 Mexicans return the detained Central American migrants by bus or by air to the countries they come from.
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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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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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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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Today, 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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