Migrants come up and no longer seek to evade the Border Patrol, but are actually left at the border by their smugglers.
ALAN BERSINIn today’s digital online world, those who don’t share information will be isolated and left behind.
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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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In today’s digital online world, those who don’t share information will be isolated and left behind.
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We must recognize that this massive economic bloc that’s emerging in North America cannot be accomplished unilaterally. It must be accomplished in partnership with Mexico and Canada.
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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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The Mexicans return the detained Central American migrants by bus or by air to the countries they come from.
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Mexico has become a robust democracy with a robust press and an active legislature.
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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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The Mexican people are increasingly middle class, and Mexico has substantially become a middle-class society.
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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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Most people who live at the border or are familiar with the border know that a Berlin-like wall stretching from San Diego to Brownsville is not necessary. And the costs would be prohibitive.
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Migration should take place in accordance with lawful norms and secure and safe procedures.
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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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More Mexicans are leaving through deportation and voluntary return than are entering the United States legally and illegally.
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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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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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