We must rely on our allies and foreign governments to share information and data to secure our country.
ALAN BERSINFor the first time since the second World War, we are not the sole dominant economy in the world.
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We need to realize that the economic situation between Mexico and the United States is not just one in which we trade with one another.
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Mexico now has the 13th largest 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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In the course of 25 years, we have developed a constructive relationship with Mexico that was nonexistent before.
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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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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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People should remember that Mexican migration is now at a net negative.
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Cross-border trade is part of a single production process, and while apparently the Trump administration will seek to re-examine elements of that production platform, it is what it is and won’t be easily dismantled.
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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 idea was to restore the rule of law, to bring order to a chaotic situation.
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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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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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Four out of five border-crossers detained in South Texas are Guatemalan, Honduran or Salvadoran. They are driven by violence and poverty in their home countries and the desire for family reunification.
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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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The potential of Mexico, Canada and the United States is enormous.
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