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.
ALAN BERSINEvery air traveler entering Mexico is vetted against US databases.
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We must recognize that this massive economic bloc that’s emerging in North America cannot be accomplished unilaterally. It must be accomplished in partnership with Mexico and Canada.
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The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development predicts it will have a larger economy than Germany by 2042.
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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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The Mexicans return the detained Central American migrants by bus or by air to the countries they come from.
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Not only are the numbers of migrants entering the United States at the lowest levels in a generation, but they are now largely Central American.
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We have to remember that information sharing is restricted by legal barriers and cultural barriers and by the notion that information is power and therefore should be hoarded so if you share information you can extract something in exchange.
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The idea was to restore the rule of law, to bring order to a chaotic situation.
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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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We should be wary, particularly with our closest friends and allies, of breaking down the trust and confidence that lie at the foundation of relationships.
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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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For the first time since the second World War, we are not the sole dominant economy in the world.
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Every air traveler entering Mexico is vetted against US databases.
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In 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.
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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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We make things together. We have shared production platforms.
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