In the course of 25 years, we have developed a constructive relationship with Mexico that was nonexistent before.
ALAN BERSINThe potential of Mexico, Canada and the United States is enormous.
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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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Homeland 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.
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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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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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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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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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We 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.
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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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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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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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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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For the first time since the second World War, we are not the sole dominant economy in the world.
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Migration should take place in accordance with lawful norms and secure and safe procedures.
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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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