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.
ALAN BERSINIf you build a 50-foot wall, you’ll soon be confronted with a 51-foot ladder.
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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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And there are places on the border, such as the Arizona desert or the open terrain around the Big Bend in South Texas, where Mother Nature has created her own barrier that is not easily passable. Or if you do pass through it, you are easily detected.
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To add insult to injury, most Americans never knew that, and most Mexicans have never forgotten it.
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Migrants come up and no longer seek to evade the Border Patrol, but are actually left at the border by their smugglers.
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People in our so-called Rust Belt have lost out, and politics and society have not been responsive either in providing the kind of additional support they need or to retrain them for jobs that are being created in the new economy.
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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 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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People should remember that Mexican migration is now at a net negative.
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America should be working more with the Mexicans to prevent the flow of guns going south into Mexico that have fueled so much of the violence there.
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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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In the course of 25 years, we have developed a constructive relationship with Mexico that was nonexistent before.
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An increasing number of Mexican companies are creating jobs in the United States.
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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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Our security in a global world must be looked at on a continental basis.
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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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