To add insult to injury, most Americans never knew that, and most Mexicans have never forgotten it.
ALAN BERSINFor the first time since the second World War, we are not the sole dominant economy in the world.
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I think there’s no question that the barriers, the fences and in certain urban areas, the walls, have had an important effect in terms of increasing the manageability and the security of the border.
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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 make things together. We have shared production platforms.
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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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The potential of Mexico, Canada and the United States is enormous.
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And the smuggling of cash and the money laundering that transnational criminal organizations have instituted in North America, including in the United States.
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Twenty-nine US states depend on Mexico as their primary export market.
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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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The idea was to restore the rule of law, to bring order to a chaotic situation.
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And they seek out Border Patrol agents or Customs and Border Protection officials to surrender to them and request political asylum.
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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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Walls and barriers alone are insufficient to insure security.
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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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This is true despite the significant poverty, and the class and geographic inequality that have deep historical roots.
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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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