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Not only are the numbers of migrants entering the United States at the lowest levels in a generation, but they are now largely Central American.
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Country Enter Generation Large Level Lowest Migrant Now Number
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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Arrive Assure Before Border Far Flow Security
The 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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Attitude Built Century Characterized Country Difficulty Nationalism Occur Overcome Protectionism Revolution
We have a combined population of half a billion people; peaceful trade-friendly borders that are the envy of the world.
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Billion Border Combine Envy Friendly Peaceful People Population Trade World
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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Homeland Inherently Security Today Transnational
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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Accurate Again Country Fall Great Reflect Sole Superpower Union
But in fact as Secretary of Homeland Security General John Kelly acknowledged at his confirmation hearing, walls and barriers alone are insufficient to insure security.
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Acknowledge Alone Barrier Confirm Fact General Hear Homeland Insufficient Insure Secretary Security
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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Border Country Cross Divide Family Reunification Violence
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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Country Each Economic Need Other Realize Situation Trade
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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Accomplish Country Economic Emerge Massive Recognize Unilaterally
That’s the way in which they get entry into a system that will eventually release them into the country.
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Country Eventually Release System Way
We have to secure the flow of goods and people by engaging with foreign entities.
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Entity Flow Foreign Good People Engage Secure
This joint security program has been in place for at least six years and is a huge asset.
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Asset Huge Joint Least Place Program Security Six Year
For the first time since the second World War, we are not the sole dominant economy in the world.
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Dominant Economy First Second Since Sole Time World
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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Advance Build Enormous List Procedure Robust Since Target Watch
More Mexicans are leaving through deportation and voluntary return than are entering the United States legally and illegally.
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Country Deport Enter Illegal More Voluntary

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