People should remember that Mexican migration is now at a net negative.
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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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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We can’t defend the country by looking at the borderline as the first line of defense rather than as the last line of defense.
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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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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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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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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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The results became more and more apparent. Crime rates went down in the border region.
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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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And 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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The idea was to restore the rule of law, to bring order to a chaotic situation.
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Migration should take place in accordance with lawful norms and secure and safe procedures.
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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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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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Trust and confidence that have been built is not something that should be abandoned without great consideration for the potentially grave consequences to the United States.
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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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