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.
ALAN BERSINTo 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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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 potential of Mexico, Canada and the United States is enormous.
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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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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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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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Mexico has become a robust democracy with a robust press and an active legislature.
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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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In the course of 25 years, we have developed a constructive relationship with Mexico that was nonexistent before.
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Cross-border trade is part of a single production process, and while apparently the Trump administration will seek to re-examine elements of that production platform, it is what it is and won’t be easily dismantled.
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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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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 need to realize that the economic situation between Mexico and the United States is not just one in which we trade with one another.
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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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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 Mexicans return the detained Central American migrants by bus or by air to the countries they come from.
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