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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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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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Country Gone Increasingly Migrant Own Receive Right Send
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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Advance Borde Continue Country Improve Safety Strategy Year
That’s the way in which they get entry into a system that will eventually release them into the country.
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Country Eventually Release System Way
Mexico has become a robust democracy with a robust press and an active legislature.
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Active Become Country Democracy Legislature Press Robust
In today’s digital online world, those who don’t share information will be isolated and left behind. We need the data of other countries to connect the dots.
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Behind Belief Connect Country Dot Information Isolate Need Remember
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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Border Country Familiar Know Live Most People Necessary Stretch
To add insult to injury, most Americans never knew that, and most Mexicans have never forgotten it.
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Add Country Forgotten Injury Insult Most never
For the first time since the second World War, we are not the sole dominant economy in the world.
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Dominant Economy First Second Since Sole Time World
The Mexican people are increasingly middle class, and Mexico has substantially become a middle-class society.
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Become Class Country Increase Middle People Society Sustain
Migration should take place in accordance with lawful norms and secure and safe procedures.
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Accordance Lawful Migration Place Procedure Safe Secure
And we have to work together to secure the continent in order to keep dangerous people and dangerous things out and strengthen perimeter security on a continental basis.
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Continental Dangerous People Politics Secure Security Society Together
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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Arrive Assure Before Border Far Flow Security
More Mexicans are leaving through deportation and voluntary return than are entering the United States legally and illegally.
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Country Deport Enter Illegal More Voluntary
The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development predicts it will have a larger economy than Germany by 2042.
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Cooperation Country Development Economy Organization Predict
Homeland security is inherently transnational today. There’s hardly anything adverse that happens in our homeland that doesn’t have a cause or effect that’s generated abroad. Increasingly.
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Homeland Inherently Security Today Transnational
The nationalism and the protectionism that was built into the Mexican Revolution in 1910 and that characterized the Mexican attitude to the United States for much of the 20th century were difficult to overcome. But that actually has occurred. And the cooperation.
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Attitude Built Century Characterized Country Difficulty Nationalism Occur Overcome Protectionism Revolution
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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Century Country Half Part Result Serve Treat Western
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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Country Enter Generation Large Level Lowest Migrant Now Number
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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Call Economy Support Either Job Lost Out People Political Provide Responsive Society
The results became more and more apparent. Crime rates went down in the border region.
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Apparent Chaotic Crime More Rate Result Situation
This is true despite the significant poverty, and the class and geographic inequality that have deep historical roots.
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Class Deep Despite Geographic Historical Inequality Poverty Root Significant
We have to secure the flow of goods and people by engaging with foreign entities.
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Entity Flow Foreign Good People Engage Secure
We should be wary, particularly with our closest friends and allies, of breaking down the trust and confidence that lie at the foundation of relationships.
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Allies Break Close Confidence Down Foundation Friend Lie Particular Relationship Trust Wary
Twenty-nine US states depend on Mexico as their primary export market.
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Country Depenf Export Market Primary State
Until we have a legitimate labor market between Mexico and the United States, people will attempt to come here to work.
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Attemptm Come Between Country Labor Legitimate Market People Until Work
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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Barrier Cultural exchange Hoard Information Legal Notion Power Remember Restrict Share Something
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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Accept Cost Country Date Great Image People Something Wall

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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