And they seek out Border Patrol agents or Customs and Border Protection officials to surrender to them and request political asylum.
ALAN BERSINAnd they seek out Border Patrol agents or Customs and Border Protection officials to surrender to them and request political asylum.
More Alan Bersin Quotes
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We make things together. We have shared production platforms.
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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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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 do a trillion dollars in trade among the three countries; more than 18,000 American companies are involved in foreign direct investment in Mexico and Canada.
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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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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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The nationalism and the protectionism that was built into the Mexican Revolution in 1910 and that characterized the Mexican attitude to the United States for much of the 20th century were difficult to overcome. But that actually has occurred. And the cooperation.
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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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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.
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The results became more and more apparent. Crime rates went down in the border region.
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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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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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If you build a 50-foot wall, you’ll soon be confronted with a 51-foot ladder.
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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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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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