Walls and barriers alone are insufficient to insure security.
ALAN BERSINThe nationalism and the protectionism that was built into the Mexican Revolution in 1910 and that characterized the Mexican attitude to the United States for much of the 20th century were difficult to overcome. But that actually has occurred. And the cooperation.
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People should remember that Mexican migration is now at a net negative.
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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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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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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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There 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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To the extent that President Trump means strengthened border security, I am fully in favor of the idea that the rule of the law, secure borders and public safety should prevail. Drugs should not enter illegally.
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If you build a 50-foot wall, you’ll soon be confronted with a 51-foot ladder.
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Homeland security is inherently transnational today. There’s hardly anything adverse that happens in our homeland that doesn’t have a cause or effect that’s generated abroad. Increasingly.
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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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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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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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More Mexicans are leaving through deportation and voluntary return than are entering the United States legally and illegally.
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Migrants come up and no longer seek to evade the Border Patrol, but are actually left at the border by their smugglers.
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Our security in a global world must be looked at on a continental basis.
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