In the course of 25 years, we have developed a constructive relationship with Mexico that was nonexistent before.
ALAN BERSINThere 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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We make things together. We have shared production platforms.
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The Mexicans return the detained Central American migrants by bus or by air to the countries they come from.
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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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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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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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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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We must rely on our allies and foreign governments to share information and data to secure our country.
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The prospect of energy independence is within reach and will change the geopolitical situation of United States.
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We 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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For the first time since the second World War, we are not the sole dominant economy in the world.
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The results became more and more apparent. Crime rates went down in the border region.
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The potential of Mexico, Canada and the United States is enormous.
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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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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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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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