In today’s digital online world, those who don’t share information will be isolated and left behind.
ALAN BERSINWe assure our security by securing the flows as early as we can before they arrive and as far away from our borders as we can.
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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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People in our so-called Rust Belt have lost out, and politics and society have not been responsive either in providing the kind of additional support they need or to retrain them for jobs that are being created in the new economy.
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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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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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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.
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Twenty-nine US states depend on Mexico as their primary export market.
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If you build a 50-foot wall, you’ll soon be confronted with a 51-foot ladder.
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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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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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The results became more and more apparent. Crime rates went down in the border region.
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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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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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This joint security program has been in place for at least six years and is a huge asset.
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We have to secure the flow of goods and people by engaging with foreign entities.
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To add insult to injury, most Americans never knew that, and most Mexicans have never forgotten it.
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