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.
ALAN BERSINMigration should take place in accordance with lawful norms and secure and safe procedures.
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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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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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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.
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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 potential of Mexico, Canada and the United States is enormous.
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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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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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For the first time since the second World War, we are not the sole dominant economy in the world.
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We have to secure the flow of goods and people by engaging with foreign entities.
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This is true despite the significant poverty, and the class and geographic inequality that have deep historical roots.
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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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We must rely on our allies and foreign governments to share information and data to secure our country.
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Twenty-nine US states depend on Mexico as their primary export market.
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Every air traveler entering Mexico is vetted against US databases.
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Our security in a global world must be looked at on a continental basis.
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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 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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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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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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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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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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Six million jobs in the US depend on trade with Mexico. Ten border states – six in Mexico and four in the United States – combined have the third or fourth largest economy in the world.
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But in fact as Secretary of Homeland Security General John Kelly acknowledged at his confirmation hearing, walls and barriers alone are insufficient to insure security.
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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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If you build a 50-foot wall, you’ll soon be confronted with a 51-foot ladder.
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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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