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The 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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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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More Mexicans are leaving through deportation and voluntary return than are entering the United States legally and illegally.
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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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The idea was to restore the rule of law, to bring order to a chaotic situation.
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The results became more and more apparent. Crime rates went down in the border region.
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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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In large part this is because of the success of policies followed by the United States to create an environment, a peaceful period in history in which economies could grow and countries could benefit.
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The Mexicans return the detained Central American migrants by bus or by air to the countries they come from.
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As a result of the U.S.-Mexico War in the 19th century, and the treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo in 1848, half of what was Mexico was severed and became much of the western part of the United States.
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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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People in our so-called Rust Belt have lost out, and politics and society have not been responsive either in providing the kind of additional support they need or to retrain them for jobs that are being created in the new economy.
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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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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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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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Mexico has become a robust democracy with a robust press and an active legislature.
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