Homeland security is inherently transnational today. There’s hardly anything adverse that happens in our homeland that doesn’t have a cause or effect that’s generated abroad. Increasingly.
ALAN BERSINWalls and barriers alone are insufficient to insure security.
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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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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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Walls and barriers alone are insufficient to insure security.
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As former Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano pointed out, if you build a 50-foot wall, you’ll soon be confronted with a 51-foot ladder.
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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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Every air traveler entering Mexico is vetted against US databases.
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Migration should take place in accordance with lawful norms and secure and safe procedures.
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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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This joint security program has been in place for at least six years and is a huge asset.
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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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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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If you build a 50-foot wall, you’ll soon be confronted with a 51-foot ladder.
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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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An increasing number of Mexican companies are creating jobs in the United States.
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Our security in a global world must be looked at on a continental basis.
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