Mexico has become a robust democracy with a robust press and an active legislature.
ALAN BERSINThat’s the way in which they get entry into a system that will eventually release them into the country.
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For the first time since the second World War, we are not the sole dominant economy in the world.
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America should be working more with the Mexicans to prevent the flow of guns going south into Mexico that have fueled so much of the violence there.
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Our security in a global world must be looked at on a continental basis.
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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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This joint security program has been in place for at least six years and is a huge asset.
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Twenty-nine US states depend on Mexico as their primary export market.
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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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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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This is true despite the significant poverty, and the class and geographic inequality that have deep historical roots.
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To add insult to injury, most Americans never knew that, and most Mexicans have never forgotten it.
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As a result of the U.S.-Mexico War in the 19th century, and the treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo in 1848, half of what was Mexico was severed and became much of the western part of the United States.
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The Mexican people are increasingly middle class, and Mexico has substantially become a middle-class society.
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Mexico now has the 13th largest economy in the world.
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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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The idea was to restore the rule of law, to bring order to a chaotic situation.
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