More Mexicans are leaving through deportation and voluntary return than are entering the United States legally and illegally.
ALAN BERSINThe law change during the Bush administration gave the Department of Health and Human Services a central role in relocating Central American minors in the United States.
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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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The potential of Mexico, Canada and the United States is enormous.
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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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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.
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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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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 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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Twenty-nine US states depend on Mexico as their primary export market.
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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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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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The prospect of energy independence is within reach and will change the geopolitical situation of United States.
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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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Walls and barriers alone are insufficient to insure security.
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Our security in a global world must be looked at on a continental basis.
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