The prospect of energy independence is within reach and will change the geopolitical situation of United States.
ALAN BERSINWalls and barriers alone are insufficient to insure security.
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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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We must rely on our allies and foreign governments to share information and data to secure our country.
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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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The nationalism and the protectionism that was built into the Mexican Revolution in 1910 and that characterized the Mexican attitude to the United States for much of the 20th century were difficult to overcome. But that actually has occurred. And the cooperation.
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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 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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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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This is true despite the significant poverty, and the class and geographic inequality that have deep historical roots.
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Today, the number of migrants crossing is at a 30-year low. That’s because of years of bipartisan work on this issue.
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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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There are plainclothes US officers stationed at airports in Mexico working with Mexican immigration officials to protect the United States.
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Migration should take place in accordance with lawful norms and secure and safe procedures.
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The image and the costs of a Berlin-like wall or a Great Wall of China is something that the American people have not accepted to date.
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We make things together. We have shared production platforms.
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We have to secure the flow of goods and people by engaging with foreign entities.
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