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.
ALAN BERSINThe Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development predicts it will have a larger economy than Germany by 2042.
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Every air traveler entering Mexico is vetted against US databases.
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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 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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The work the Mexicans are doing in terms of migration control on Mexico’s southern border is crucial to our own border security.
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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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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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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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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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To add insult to injury, most Americans never knew that, and most Mexicans have never forgotten it.
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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 have to secure the flow of goods and people by engaging with foreign entities.
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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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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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Twenty-nine US states depend on Mexico as their primary export market.
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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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