We have to secure the flow of goods and people by engaging with foreign entities.
ALAN BERSINThe National Targeting Center in Virginia run by Customs and Border Protection checks the background of every traveler who seeks to enter the country.
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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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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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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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An increasing number of Mexican companies are creating jobs in the United States.
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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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The Mexican people are increasingly middle class, and Mexico has substantially become a middle-class society.
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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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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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The law change during the Bush administration gave the Department of Health and Human Services a central role in relocating Central American minors 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. We need the data of other countries to connect the dots.
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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 prospect of energy independence is within reach and will change the geopolitical situation of United States.
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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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Until we have a legitimate labor market between Mexico and the United States, people will attempt to come here to work.
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And they seek out Border Patrol agents or Customs and Border Protection officials to surrender to them and request political asylum.
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