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.
ALAN BERSINThe Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development predicts it will have a larger economy than Germany by 2042.
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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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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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Mexico now has the 13th largest economy in the world.
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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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More Mexicans are leaving through deportation and voluntary return than are entering the United States legally and illegally.
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Six million jobs in the US depend on trade with Mexico. Ten border states – six in Mexico and four in the United States – combined have the third or fourth largest economy in the world.
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This joint security program has been in place for at least six years and is a huge asset.
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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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Migration should take place in accordance with lawful norms and secure and safe procedures.
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People should remember that Mexican migration is now at a net negative.
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In the course of 25 years, we have developed a constructive relationship with Mexico that was nonexistent before.
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In today’s digital online world, those who don’t share information will be isolated and left behind. We need the data of other countries to connect the dots.
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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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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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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 a combined population of half a billion people; peaceful trade-friendly borders that are the envy of the world.
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The air passenger screening system Mexico has in place involves these checks against US national security and criminal data bases.
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And they seek out Border Patrol agents or Customs and Border Protection officials to surrender to them and request political asylum.
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To the extent that President Trump means strengthened border security, I am fully in favor of the idea that the rule of the law, secure borders and public safety should prevail. Drugs should not enter illegally.
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The potential of Mexico, Canada and the United States is enormous.
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The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development predicts it will have a larger economy than Germany by 2042.
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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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The prospect of energy independence is within reach and will change the geopolitical situation of United States.
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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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An increasing number of Mexican companies are creating jobs 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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