I think there’s no question that the barriers, the fences and in certain urban areas, the walls, have had an important effect in terms of increasing the manageability and the security of the border.
ALAN BERSINEvery air traveler entering Mexico is vetted against US databases.
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Every air traveler entering Mexico is vetted against US databases.
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And the smuggling of cash and the money laundering that transnational criminal organizations have instituted in North America, including in the United States.
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The potential of Mexico, Canada and the United States is enormous.
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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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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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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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The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development predicts it will have a larger economy than Germany by 2042.
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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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In today’s digital online world, those who don’t share information will be isolated and left behind.
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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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That’s the way in which they get entry into a system that will eventually release them into the country.
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People should remember that Mexican migration is now at a net negative.
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Mexico has become a robust democracy with a robust press and an active legislature.
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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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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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