For the first time since the second World War, we are not the sole dominant economy in the world.
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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We make things together. We have shared production platforms.
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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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More Mexicans are leaving through deportation and voluntary return than are entering the United States legally and illegally.
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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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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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This joint security program has been in place for at least six years and is a huge asset.
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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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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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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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This is true despite the significant poverty, and the class and geographic inequality that have deep historical roots.
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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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Walls and barriers alone are insufficient to insure security.
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To the extent that President Trump means strengthened border security, I am fully in favor of the idea that the rule of the law, secure borders and public safety should prevail. Drugs should not enter illegally.
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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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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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