The results became more and more apparent. Crime rates went down in the border region.
ALAN BERSINThe results became more and more apparent. Crime rates went down in the border region.
ALAN BERSINOur security in a global world must be looked at on a continental basis.
ALAN BERSINThere 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.
ALAN BERSINThe National Targeting Center in Virginia run by Customs and Border Protection checks the background of every traveler who seeks to enter the country.
ALAN BERSINFor the first time since the second World War, we are not the sole dominant economy in the world.
ALAN BERSINIn today’s digital online world, those who don’t share information will be isolated and left behind. We need the data of other countries to connect the dots.
ALAN BERSINTwenty-nine US states depend on Mexico as their primary export market.
ALAN BERSINAnd the smuggling of cash and the money laundering that transnational criminal organizations have instituted in North America, including in the United States.
ALAN BERSINThe Mexican people are increasingly middle class, and Mexico has substantially become a middle-class society.
ALAN BERSINIn the last two years, the Mexicans have detained nearly 400,000 migrants whose intent was to come to the United States.
ALAN BERSINDuring 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.
ALAN BERSINThe prospect of energy independence is within reach and will change the geopolitical situation of United States.
ALAN BERSINThis is true despite the significant poverty, and the class and geographic inequality that have deep historical roots.
ALAN BERSINToday, the number of migrants crossing is at a 30-year low. That’s because of years of bipartisan work on this issue.
ALAN BERSINIn today’s digital online world, those who don’t share information will be isolated and left behind.
ALAN BERSINFour 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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