An increasing number of Mexican companies are creating jobs in the United States.
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.
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Migration should take place in accordance with lawful norms and secure and safe procedures.
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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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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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The work the Mexicans are doing in terms of migration control on Mexico’s southern border is crucial to our own border security.
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Cross-border trade is part of a single production process, and while apparently the Trump administration will seek to re-examine elements of that production platform, it is what it is and won’t be easily dismantled.
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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.
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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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In the course of 25 years, we have developed a constructive relationship with Mexico that was nonexistent before.
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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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There have been enormous advances since 9/11 to build a very robust set of targeting procedures and watch lists to screen travelers coming to the United States.
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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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That’s the way in which they get entry into a system that will eventually release them into the country.
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In the last two years, the Mexicans have detained nearly 400,000 migrants whose intent was to come to the United States.
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Mexico has become a robust democracy with a robust press and an active legislature.
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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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