And they seek out Border Patrol agents or Customs and Border Protection officials to surrender to them and request political asylum.
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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That’s the way in which they get entry into a system that will eventually release them into the country.
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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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Our security in a global world must be looked at on a continental basis.
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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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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 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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An increasing number of Mexican companies are creating jobs in the United States.
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And the smuggling of cash and the money laundering that transnational criminal organizations have instituted in North America, including in the United States.
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Migration should take place in accordance with lawful norms and secure and safe procedures.
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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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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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The image and the costs of a Berlin-like wall or a Great Wall of China is something that the American people have not accepted to date.
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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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To add insult to injury, most Americans never knew that, and most Mexicans have never forgotten it.
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