Trust and confidence that have been built is not something that should be abandoned without great consideration for the potentially grave consequences to the United States.
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 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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If you build a 50-foot wall, you’ll soon be confronted with a 51-foot ladder.
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Migration should take place in accordance with lawful norms and secure and safe procedures.
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Mexico now has the 13th largest economy in the world.
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This joint security program has been in place for at least six years and is a huge asset.
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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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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 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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The prospect of energy independence is within reach and will change the geopolitical situation of United States.
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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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The Mexicans return the detained Central American migrants by bus or by air to the countries they come from.
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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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We make things together. We have shared production platforms.
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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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Cross-border trade is part of a single production process, and while apparently the Trump administration will seek to re-examine elements of that production platform, it is what it is and won’t be easily dismantled.
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