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.
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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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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Our security in a global world must be looked at on a continental basis.
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We have to secure the flow of goods and people by engaging with foreign entities.
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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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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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Today, the number of migrants crossing is at a 30-year low. That’s because of years of bipartisan work on this issue.
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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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This is true despite the significant poverty, and the class and geographic inequality that have deep historical roots.
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That’s the way in which they get entry into a system that will eventually release them into the country.
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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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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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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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Mexico now has the 13th largest economy in the world.
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The idea was to restore the rule of law, to bring order to a chaotic situation.
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It has gone from being a sending country for migrants to a transit country, and increasingly a receiving country for migrants in its own right.
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