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.
ALAN BERSINWe can’t defend the country by looking at the borderline as the first line of defense rather than as the last line of defense.
More Alan Bersin Quotes
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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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More Mexicans are leaving through deportation and voluntary return than are entering the United States legally and illegally.
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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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In large part this is because of the success of policies followed by the United States to create an environment, a peaceful period in history in which economies could grow and countries could benefit.
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We have a combined population of half a billion people; peaceful trade-friendly borders that are the envy of the world.
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Every air traveler entering Mexico is vetted against US databases.
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Mexico has become a robust democracy with a robust press and an active legislature.
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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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We have to secure the flow of goods and people by engaging with foreign entities.
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Today, the number of migrants crossing is at a 30-year low. That’s because of years of bipartisan work on this issue.
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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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Our security in a global world must be looked at on a continental basis.
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The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development predicts it will have a larger economy than Germany by 2042.
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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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Migration should take place in accordance with lawful norms and secure and safe procedures.
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