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.
ALAN BERSINEvery air traveler entering Mexico is vetted against US databases.
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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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As a result of the U.S.-Mexico War in the 19th century, and the treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo in 1848, half of what was Mexico was severed and became much of the western part of the United States.
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The image and the costs of a Berlin-like wall or a Great Wall of China is something that the American people have not accepted to date.
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The results became more and more apparent. Crime rates went down in the border region.
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We do a trillion dollars in trade among the three countries; more than 18,000 American companies are involved in foreign direct investment in Mexico and Canada.
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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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We need to realize that the economic situation between Mexico and the United States is not just one in which we trade with one another.
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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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We make things together. We have shared production platforms.
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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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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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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.
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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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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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