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.
ALAN BERSINMost 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.
ALAN BERSINMore Mexicans are leaving through deportation and voluntary return than are entering the United States legally and illegally.
ALAN BERSINBut in fact as Secretary of Homeland Security General John Kelly acknowledged at his confirmation hearing, walls and barriers alone are insufficient to insure security.
ALAN BERSINWe need to realize that the economic situation between Mexico and the United States is not just one in which we trade with one another.
ALAN BERSINWe must recognize that this massive economic bloc that’s emerging in North America cannot be accomplished unilaterally. It must be accomplished in partnership with Mexico and Canada.
ALAN BERSINOur security in a global world must be looked at on a continental basis.
ALAN BERSINHomeland security is inherently transnational today. There’s hardly anything adverse that happens in our homeland that doesn’t have a cause or effect that’s generated abroad. Increasingly.
ALAN BERSINWe should be wary, particularly with our closest friends and allies, of breaking down the trust and confidence that lie at the foundation of relationships.
ALAN BERSINUntil we have a legitimate labor market between Mexico and the United States, people will attempt to come here to work.
ALAN BERSINWe can’t defend the country by looking at the borderline as the first line of defense rather than as the last line of defense.
ALAN BERSINThe 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.
ALAN BERSINIn the course of 25 years, we have developed a constructive relationship with Mexico that was nonexistent before.
ALAN BERSINThe National Targeting Center in Virginia run by Customs and Border Protection checks the background of every traveler who seeks to enter the country.
ALAN BERSINIn today’s digital online world, those who don’t share information will be isolated and left behind.
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.
ALAN BERSINSix 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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