The Mexican people are increasingly middle class, and Mexico has substantially become a middle-class society.
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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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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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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We need to realize that the economic situation between Mexico and the United States is not just one in which we trade with one another.
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Walls and barriers alone are insufficient to insure security.
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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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Every air traveler entering Mexico is vetted against US databases.
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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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The idea was to restore the rule of law, to bring order to a chaotic situation.
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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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Mexico now has the 13th largest economy in the world.
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Our security in a global world must be looked at on a continental basis.
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Migration should take place in accordance with lawful norms and secure and safe procedures.
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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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This is true despite the significant poverty, and the class and geographic inequality that have deep historical roots.
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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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