The air passenger screening system Mexico has in place involves these checks against US national security and criminal data bases.
ALAN BERSINMigration should take place in accordance with lawful norms and secure and safe procedures.
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People should remember that Mexican migration is now at a net negative.
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And there are places on the border, such as the Arizona desert or the open terrain around the Big Bend in South Texas, where Mother Nature has created her own barrier that is not easily passable. Or if you do pass through it, you are easily detected.
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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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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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The National Targeting Center in Virginia run by Customs and Border Protection checks the background of every traveler who seeks to enter the country.
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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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In the course of 25 years, we have developed a constructive relationship with Mexico that was nonexistent before.
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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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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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The results became more and more apparent. Crime rates went down in the border region.
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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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That’s the way in which they get entry into a system that will eventually release them into the country.
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Twenty-nine US states depend on Mexico as their primary export market.
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Walls and barriers alone are insufficient to insure security.
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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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