We have a combined population of half a billion people; peaceful trade-friendly borders that are the envy of the world.
ALAN BERSINMigrants 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 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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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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During the last eight to 10 years there have been continued efforts which have resulted in a strategic alliance with the Mexicans and improved safety and security at the border.
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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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Homeland security is inherently transnational today. There’s hardly anything adverse that happens in our homeland that doesn’t have a cause or effect that’s generated abroad. Increasingly.
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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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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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An increasing number of Mexican companies are creating jobs in the United States.
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Mexico now has the 13th largest economy in the world.
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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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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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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 Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development predicts it will have a larger economy than Germany by 2042.
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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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