The Mexicans return the detained Central American migrants by bus or by air to the countries they come from.
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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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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But in fact as Secretary of Homeland Security General John Kelly acknowledged at his confirmation hearing, walls and barriers alone are insufficient to insure 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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The air passenger screening system Mexico has in place involves these checks against US national security and criminal data bases.
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We assure our security by securing the flows as early as we can before they arrive and as far away from our borders as we can.
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This is true despite the significant poverty, and the class and geographic inequality that have deep historical roots.
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The idea was to restore the rule of law, to bring order to a chaotic situation.
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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 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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People should remember that Mexican migration is now at a net negative.
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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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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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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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That’s the way in which they get entry into a system that will eventually release them into the country.
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