The National Targeting Center in Virginia run by Customs and Border Protection checks the background of every traveler who seeks to enter the country.
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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America should be working more with the Mexicans to prevent the flow of guns going south into Mexico that have fueled so much of the violence there.
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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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Every air traveler entering Mexico is vetted against US databases.
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We make things together. We have shared production platforms.
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Six million jobs in the US depend on trade with Mexico. Ten border states – six in Mexico and four in the United States – combined have the third or fourth largest economy in the world.
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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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The results became more and more apparent. Crime rates went down in the border region.
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Our security in a global world must be looked at on a continental basis.
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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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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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An increasing number of Mexican companies are creating jobs in the United States.
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As 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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If you build a 50-foot wall, you’ll soon be confronted with a 51-foot ladder.
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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 must recognize that this massive economic bloc that’s emerging in North America cannot be accomplished unilaterally. It must be accomplished in partnership with Mexico and Canada.
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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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This is true despite the significant poverty, and the class and geographic inequality that have deep historical roots.
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There are plainclothes US officers stationed at airports in Mexico working with Mexican immigration officials to protect the United States.
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We have a combined population of half a billion people; peaceful trade-friendly borders that are the envy of the world.
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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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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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We have to remember that information sharing is restricted by legal barriers and cultural barriers and by the notion that information is power and therefore should be hoarded so if you share information you can extract something in exchange.
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Twenty-nine US states depend on Mexico as their primary export market.
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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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The potential of Mexico, Canada and the United States is enormous.
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