The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development predicts it will have a larger economy than Germany by 2042.
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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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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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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Walls and barriers alone are insufficient to insure security.
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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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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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Our security in a global world must be looked at on a continental basis.
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In the last generation we’ve moved past a U.S.-Mexico relationship that while friendly on the surface, and demilitarized for the most part, really was not a genuinely cooperative relationship.
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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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We must rely on our allies and foreign governments to share information and data to secure our country.
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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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It has gone from being a sending country for migrants to a transit country, and increasingly a receiving country for migrants in its own right.
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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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To the extent that President Trump means strengthened border security, I am fully in favor of the idea that the rule of the law, secure borders and public safety should prevail. Drugs should not enter illegally.
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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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In large part this is because of the success of policies followed by the United States to create an environment, a peaceful period in history in which economies could grow and countries could benefit.
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