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.
ALAN BERSINAmerica 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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This joint security program has been in place for at least six years and is a huge asset.
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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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For the first time since the second World War, we are not the sole dominant economy in the world.
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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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The Mexican people are increasingly middle class, and Mexico has substantially become a middle-class society.
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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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In the last two years, the Mexicans have detained nearly 400,000 migrants whose intent was to come to the United States.
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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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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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The results became more and more apparent. Crime rates went down in the border region.
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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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Our security in a global world must be looked at on a continental basis.
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Four out of five border-crossers detained in South Texas are Guatemalan, Honduran or Salvadoran. They are driven by violence and poverty in their home countries and the desire for family reunification.
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Walls and barriers alone are insufficient to insure security.
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But in fact as Secretary of Homeland Security General John Kelly acknowledged at his confirmation hearing, walls and barriers alone are insufficient to insure security.
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