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.
ALAN BERSINHomeland 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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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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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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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 National Targeting Center in Virginia run by Customs and Border Protection checks the background of every traveler who seeks to enter the country.
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Mexico now has the 13th largest economy in the world.
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The idea was to restore the rule of law, to bring order to a chaotic situation.
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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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Mexico has become a robust democracy with a robust press and an active legislature.
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Not only are the numbers of migrants entering the United States at the lowest levels in a generation, but they are now largely Central American.
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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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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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Twenty-nine US states depend on Mexico as their primary export market.
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An increasing number of Mexican companies are creating jobs 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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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.
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