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.
ALAN BERSINAnd we have to work together to secure the continent in order to keep dangerous people and dangerous things out and strengthen perimeter security on a continental basis.
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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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The Mexican people are increasingly middle class, and Mexico has substantially become a middle-class society.
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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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Mexico has become a robust democracy with a robust press and an active legislature.
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The work the Mexicans are doing in terms of migration control on Mexico’s southern border is crucial to our own border security.
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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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In the last two years, the Mexicans have detained nearly 400,000 migrants whose intent was to come to the United States.
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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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You need a strategy that involves layered defense: deployed patrols, sophisticated sensor equipment, and surveillance from the air. That is what has had a positive impact over the last generation.
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Walls and barriers alone are insufficient to insure security.
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We should be wary, particularly with our closest friends and allies, of breaking down the trust and confidence that lie at the foundation of relationships.
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Every air traveler entering Mexico is vetted against US databases.
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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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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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People should remember that Mexican migration is now at a net negative.
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