Migrants come up and no longer seek to evade the Border Patrol, but are actually left at the border by their smugglers.
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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And there are places on the border, such as the Arizona desert or the open terrain around the Big Bend in South Texas, where Mother Nature has created her own barrier that is not easily passable. Or if you do pass through it, you are easily detected.
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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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People should remember that Mexican migration is now at a net negative.
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For the first time since the second World War, we are not the sole dominant economy in the world.
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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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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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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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The idea was to restore the rule of law, to bring order to a chaotic situation.
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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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An increasing number of Mexican companies are creating jobs in the United States.
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Mexico now has the 13th largest economy in the world.
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You need a strategy that involves layered defense: deployed patrols, sophisticated sensor equipment, and surveillance from the air. That is what has had a positive impact over the last generation.
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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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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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