If you build a 50-foot wall, you’ll soon be confronted with a 51-foot ladder.
ALAN BERSINAs former Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano pointed out, if you build a 50-foot wall, you’ll soon be confronted with a 51-foot ladder.
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Walls and barriers alone are insufficient to insure security.
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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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People should remember that Mexican migration is now at a net negative.
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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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Until we have a legitimate labor market between Mexico and the United States, people will attempt to come here to work.
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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.
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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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Most people who live at the border or are familiar with the border know that a Berlin-like wall stretching from San Diego to Brownsville is not necessary. And the costs would be prohibitive.
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There 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.
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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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The work the Mexicans are doing in terms of migration control on Mexico’s southern border is crucial to our own border security.
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More Mexicans are leaving through deportation and voluntary return than are entering the United States legally and illegally.
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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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Trust and confidence that have been built is not something that should be abandoned without great consideration for the potentially grave consequences to the United States.
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