Today, the number of migrants crossing is at a 30-year low. That’s because of years of bipartisan work on this issue.
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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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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In large part this is because of the success of policies followed by the United States to create an environment, a peaceful period in history in which economies could grow and countries could benefit.
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Mexico has become a robust democracy with a robust press and an active legislature.
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The National Targeting Center in Virginia run by Customs and Border Protection checks the background of every traveler who seeks to enter the country.
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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 results became more and more apparent. Crime rates went down in the border region.
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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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The potential of Mexico, Canada and the United States is enormous.
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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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We have to secure the flow of goods and people by engaging with foreign entities.
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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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But in fact as Secretary of Homeland Security General John Kelly acknowledged at his confirmation hearing, walls and barriers alone are insufficient to insure security.
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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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In the course of 25 years, we have developed a constructive relationship with Mexico that was nonexistent before.
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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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