We have a combined population of half a billion people; peaceful trade-friendly borders that are the envy of the world.
ALAN BERSINMexico now has the 13th largest economy in the world.
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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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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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Every air traveler entering Mexico is vetted against US databases.
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America should be working more with the Mexicans to prevent the flow of guns going south into Mexico that have fueled so much of the violence there.
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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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Until we have a legitimate labor market between Mexico and the United States, people will attempt to come here to work.
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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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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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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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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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People should remember that Mexican migration is now at a net negative.
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An increasing number of Mexican companies are creating jobs in the United States.
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But in fact as Secretary of Homeland Security General John Kelly acknowledged at his confirmation hearing, walls and barriers alone are insufficient to insure security.
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Walls and barriers alone are insufficient to insure security.
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Trust and confidence that have been built is not something that should be abandoned without great consideration for the potentially grave consequences to the United States.
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