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.
ALAN BERSINFor the first time since the second World War, we are not the sole dominant economy in the world.
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The potential of Mexico, Canada and the United States is enormous.
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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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To the extent that President Trump means strengthened border security, I am fully in favor of the idea that the rule of the law, secure borders and public safety should prevail. Drugs should not enter illegally.
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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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We must rely on our allies and foreign governments to share information and data to secure our country.
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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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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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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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Mexico now has the 13th largest economy in the world.
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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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More Mexicans are leaving through deportation and voluntary return than are entering the United States legally and illegally.
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The idea was to restore the rule of law, to bring order to a chaotic situation.
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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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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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