Not only are the numbers of migrants entering the United States at the lowest levels in a generation, but they are now largely Central American.
ALAN BERSINThe potential of Mexico, Canada and the United States is enormous.
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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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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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This joint security program has been in place for at least six years and is a huge asset.
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The National Targeting Center in Virginia run by Customs and Border Protection checks the background of every traveler who seeks to enter the country.
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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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More Mexicans are leaving through deportation and voluntary return than are entering the United States legally and illegally.
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The Mexican people are increasingly middle class, and Mexico has substantially become a middle-class society.
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The potential of Mexico, Canada and the United States is enormous.
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You need a strategy that involves layered defense: deployed patrols, sophisticated sensor equipment, and surveillance from the air. That is what has had a positive impact over the last generation.
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Our security in a global world must be looked at on a continental basis.
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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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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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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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In the course of 25 years, we have developed a constructive relationship with Mexico that was nonexistent before.
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