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The results became more and more apparent. Crime rates went down in the border region.

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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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Accept Cost Country Date Great Image People Something Wall
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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Accomplish Country Economic Emerge Massive Recognize Unilaterally
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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Border Country Familiar Know Live Most People Necessary Stretch
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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Company Country Dollar Investment Involve Million Trade
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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Advance Borde Continue Country Improve Safety Strategy Year
The Mexican people are increasingly middle class, and Mexico has substantially become a middle-class society.
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Become Class Country Increase Middle People Society Sustain
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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Century Country Half Part Result Serve Treat Western
You need a strategy that involves layered defense: deployed patrols, sophisticated sensor equipment, and surveillance from the air. That is what has had a positive impact over the last generation.
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Defense Equipment Generation Impact Patrol Positive Sophisticate Strategy Surveillance
The potential of Mexico, Canada and the United States is enormous.
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Country Enormous Potential
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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Continental Dangerous People Politics Secure Security Society Together
Walls and barriers alone are insufficient to insure security.
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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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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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Against Air Country Database Every Traveler Vetted
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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Area Barrie Border Certain Effect Fence Important Manageability Question Think Urban Wall
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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