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.
ALAN BERSINEvery air traveler entering Mexico is vetted against US databases.
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Our security in a global world must be looked at on a continental basis.
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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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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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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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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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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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In the last generation we’ve moved past a U.S.-Mexico relationship that while friendly on the surface, and demilitarized for the most part, really was not a genuinely cooperative relationship.
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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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People should remember that Mexican migration is now at a net negative.
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The law change during the Bush administration gave the Department of Health and Human Services a central role in relocating Central American minors in the United States.
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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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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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This is true despite the significant poverty, and the class and geographic inequality that have deep historical roots.
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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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