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.
ALAN BERSINAs 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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We do a trillion dollars in trade among the three countries; more than 18,000 American companies are involved in foreign direct investment in Mexico and Canada.
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Most people who live at the border or are familiar with the border know that a Berlin-like wall stretching from San Diego to Brownsville is not necessary. And the costs would be prohibitive.
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Mexico has become a robust democracy with a robust press and an active legislature.
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The potential of Mexico, Canada and the United States is enormous.
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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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That’s the way in which they get entry into a system that will eventually release them into the country.
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Our security in a global world must be looked at on a continental basis.
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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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An increasing number of Mexican companies are creating jobs in the United States.
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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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The law change during the Bush administration gave the Department of Health and Human Services a central role in relocating Central American minors in the United States.
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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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The work the Mexicans are doing in terms of migration control on Mexico’s southern border is crucial to our own border security.
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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 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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