We have a combined population of half a billion people; peaceful trade-friendly borders that are the envy of the world.
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 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 cry of “Make America Great Again” reflects accurately that, after the fall of the Soviet Union, the sole superpower status of the United States is coming to an end.
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In today’s digital online world, those who don’t share information will be isolated and left behind.
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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 can’t defend the country by looking at the borderline as the first line of defense rather than as the last line of defense.
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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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We have to secure the flow of goods and people by engaging with foreign entities.
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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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Mexico has become a robust democracy with a robust press and an active legislature.
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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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We do a trillion dollars in trade among the three countries; more than 18,000 American companies are involved in foreign direct investment in Mexico and Canada.
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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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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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The work the Mexicans are doing in terms of migration control on Mexico’s southern border is crucial to our own border security.
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Our security in a global world must be looked at on a continental basis.
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You need a strategy that involves layered defense: deployed patrols, sophisticated sensor equipment, and surveillance from the air. That is what has had a positive impact over the last generation.
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Migration should take place in accordance with lawful norms and secure and safe procedures.
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In the last two years, the Mexicans have detained nearly 400,000 migrants whose intent was to come to the United States.
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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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Every air traveler entering Mexico is vetted against US databases.
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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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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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Trust and confidence that have been built is not something that should be abandoned without great consideration for the potentially grave consequences to the United States.
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Mexico now has the 13th largest economy in the world.
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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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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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