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.
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 Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development predicts it will have a larger economy than Germany by 2042.
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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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Our security in a global world must be looked at on a continental basis.
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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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We make things together. We have shared production platforms.
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People should remember that Mexican migration is now at a net negative.
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In today’s digital online world, those who don’t share information will be isolated and left behind.
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We have to secure the flow of goods and people by engaging with foreign entities.
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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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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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There are plainclothes US officers stationed at airports in Mexico working with Mexican immigration officials to protect the United States.
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Most people who live at the border or are familiar with the border know that a Berlin-like wall stretching from San Diego to Brownsville is not necessary. And the costs would be prohibitive.
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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 results became more and more apparent. Crime rates went down in the border region.
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During the last eight to 10 years there have been continued efforts which have resulted in a strategic alliance with the Mexicans and improved safety and security at the border.
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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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The idea was to restore the rule of law, to bring order to a chaotic situation.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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 must rely on our allies and foreign governments to share information and data to secure our country.
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