In the course of 25 years, we have developed a constructive relationship with Mexico that was nonexistent before.
ALAN BERSINWe have a combined population of half a billion people; peaceful trade-friendly borders that are the envy of the world.
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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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Mexico has become a robust democracy with a robust press and an active legislature.
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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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You need a strategy that involves layered defense: deployed patrols, sophisticated sensor equipment, and surveillance from the air. That is what has had a positive impact over the last generation.
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The idea was to restore the rule of law, to bring order to a chaotic situation.
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People should remember that Mexican migration is now at a net negative.
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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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We have to secure the flow of goods and people by engaging with foreign entities.
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We make things together. We have shared production platforms.
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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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That’s the way in which they get entry into a system that will eventually release them into the country.
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We must rely on our allies and foreign governments to share information and data to secure our country.
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People in our so-called Rust Belt have lost out, and politics and society have not been responsive either in providing the kind of additional support they need or to retrain them for jobs that are being created in the new economy.
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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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Our security in a global world must be looked at on a continental basis.
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