America should be working more with the Mexicans to prevent the flow of guns going south into Mexico that have fueled so much of the violence there.
ALAN BERSINThe results became more and more apparent. Crime rates went down in the border region.
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The Mexican people are increasingly middle class, and Mexico has substantially become a middle-class society.
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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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People should remember that Mexican migration is now at a net negative.
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The National Targeting Center in Virginia run by Customs and Border Protection checks the background of every traveler who seeks to enter the country.
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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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For the first time since the second World War, we are not the sole dominant economy in the world.
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Walls and barriers alone are insufficient to insure security.
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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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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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The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development predicts it will have a larger economy than Germany by 2042.
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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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This is true despite the significant poverty, and the class and geographic inequality that have deep historical roots.
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We make things together. We have shared production platforms.
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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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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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