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.
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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The work the Mexicans are doing in terms of migration control on Mexico’s southern border is crucial to our own border security.
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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 cry of “Make America Great Again” reflects accurately that, after the fall of the Soviet Union, the sole superpower status of the United States is coming to an end.
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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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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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Four out of five border-crossers detained in South Texas are Guatemalan, Honduran or Salvadoran. They are driven by violence and poverty in their home countries and the desire for family reunification.
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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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The Mexican people are increasingly middle class, and Mexico has substantially become a middle-class society.
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There are plainclothes US officers stationed at airports in Mexico working with Mexican immigration officials to protect 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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In the course of 25 years, we have developed a constructive relationship with Mexico that was nonexistent before.
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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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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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This joint security program has been in place for at least six years and is a huge asset.
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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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