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.
ALAN BERSINIf you build a 50-foot wall, you’ll soon be confronted with a 51-foot ladder.
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Migration should take place in accordance with lawful norms and secure and safe procedures.
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Walls and barriers alone are insufficient to insure security.
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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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To the extent that President Trump means strengthened border security, I am fully in favor of the idea that the rule of the law, secure borders and public safety should prevail. Drugs should not enter illegally.
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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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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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Most 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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More Mexicans are leaving through deportation and voluntary return than are entering the United States legally and illegally.
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We must rely on our allies and foreign governments to share information and data to secure our country.
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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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Every air traveler entering Mexico is vetted against US databases.
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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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The idea was to restore the rule of law, to bring order to a chaotic situation.
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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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