The potential of Mexico, Canada and the United States is enormous.
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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The Mexican people are increasingly middle class, and Mexico has substantially become a middle-class society.
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We have a combined population of half a billion people; peaceful trade-friendly borders that are the envy of the world.
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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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The idea was to restore the rule of law, to bring order to a chaotic situation.
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We need to realize that the economic situation between Mexico and the United States is not just one in which we trade with one another.
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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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The Mexicans return the detained Central American migrants by bus or by air to the countries they come from.
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Migration should take place in accordance with lawful norms and secure and safe procedures.
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In large part this is because of the success of policies followed by the United States to create an environment, a peaceful period in history in which economies could grow and countries could benefit.
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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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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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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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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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Trust and confidence that have been built is not something that should be abandoned without great consideration for the potentially grave consequences to the United States.
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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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