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 BERSINWe make things together. We have shared production platforms.
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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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During the last eight to 10 years there have been continued efforts which have resulted in a strategic alliance with the Mexicans and improved safety and security at the border.
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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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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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In the course of 25 years, we have developed a constructive relationship with Mexico that was nonexistent before.
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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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We make things together. We have shared production platforms.
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The prospect of energy independence is within reach and will change the geopolitical situation of United States.
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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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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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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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And the smuggling of cash and the money laundering that transnational criminal organizations have instituted in North America, including in the United States.
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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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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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Every air traveler entering Mexico is vetted against US databases.
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