The work the Mexicans are doing in terms of migration control on Mexico’s southern border is crucial to our own border security.
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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To add insult to injury, most Americans never knew that, and most Mexicans have never forgotten it.
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If you build a 50-foot wall, you’ll soon be confronted with a 51-foot ladder.
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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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The air passenger screening system Mexico has in place involves these checks against US national security and criminal data bases.
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The prospect of energy independence is within reach and will change the geopolitical situation of United States.
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The cry of “Make America Great Again” reflects accurately that, after the fall of the Soviet Union, the sole superpower status of the United States is coming to an end.
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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 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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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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In the course of 25 years, we have developed a constructive relationship with Mexico that was nonexistent before.
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The potential of Mexico, Canada and the United States is enormous.
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And there are places on the border, such as the Arizona desert or the open terrain around the Big Bend in South Texas, where Mother Nature has created her own barrier that is not easily passable. Or if you do pass through it, you are easily detected.
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Migration should take place in accordance with lawful norms and secure and safe procedures.
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Walls and barriers alone are insufficient to insure security.
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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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