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.
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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The 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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Mexico now has the 13th largest economy in the world.
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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.
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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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We must rely on our allies and foreign governments to share information and data to secure our country.
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We must recognize that this massive economic bloc that’s emerging in North America cannot be accomplished unilaterally. It must be accomplished in partnership with Mexico and Canada.
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But in fact as Secretary of Homeland Security General John Kelly acknowledged at his confirmation hearing, walls and barriers alone are insufficient to insure security.
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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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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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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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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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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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To add insult to injury, most Americans never knew that, and most Mexicans have never forgotten it.
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The potential of Mexico, Canada and the United States is enormous.
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