Migrants come up and no longer seek to evade the Border Patrol, but are actually left at the border by their smugglers.
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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This is true despite the significant poverty, and the class and geographic inequality that have deep historical roots.
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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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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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There are plainclothes US officers stationed at airports in Mexico working with Mexican immigration officials to protect the United States.
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The results became more and more apparent. Crime rates went down in the border region.
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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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People should remember that Mexican migration is now at a net negative.
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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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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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The Mexicans return the detained Central American migrants by bus or by air to the countries they come from.
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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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And there are places on the border, such as the Arizona desert or the open terrain around the Big Bend in South Texas, where Mother Nature has created her own barrier that is not easily passable. Or if you do pass through it, you are easily detected.
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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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Twenty-nine US states depend on Mexico as their primary export market.
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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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