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ALAN BERSINIt 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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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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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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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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To add insult to injury, most Americans never knew that, and most Mexicans have never forgotten it.
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The air passenger screening system Mexico has in place involves these checks against US national security and criminal data bases.
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Twenty-nine US states depend on Mexico as their primary export market.
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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 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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Until we have a legitimate labor market between Mexico and the United States, people will attempt to come here to work.
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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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The prospect of energy independence is within reach and will change the geopolitical situation of United States.
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In the course of 25 years, we have developed a constructive relationship with Mexico that was nonexistent before.
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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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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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