Walls and barriers alone are insufficient to insure security.
ALAN BERSINWe have a combined population of half a billion people; peaceful trade-friendly borders that are the envy of the world.
More Alan Bersin Quotes
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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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Not only are the numbers of migrants entering the United States at the lowest levels in a generation, but they are now largely Central American.
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Twenty-nine US states depend on Mexico as their primary export market.
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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 prospect of energy independence is within reach and will change the geopolitical situation of United States.
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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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The results became more and more apparent. Crime rates went down in the border region.
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Today, the number of migrants crossing is at a 30-year low. That’s because of years of bipartisan work on this issue.
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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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An increasing number of Mexican companies are creating jobs in the United States.
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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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This is true despite the significant poverty, and the class and geographic inequality that have deep historical roots.
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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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It has gone from being a sending country for migrants to a transit country, and increasingly a receiving country for migrants in its own right.
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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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