In the course of 25 years, we have developed a constructive relationship with Mexico that was nonexistent before.
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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In today’s digital online world, those who don’t share information will be isolated and left behind.
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This is true despite the significant poverty, and the class and geographic inequality that have deep historical roots.
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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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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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And we have to work together to secure the continent in order to keep dangerous people and dangerous things out and strengthen perimeter security on a continental basis.
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You need a strategy that involves layered defense: deployed patrols, sophisticated sensor equipment, and surveillance from the air. That is what has had a positive impact over the last generation.
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We must recognize that this massive economic bloc that’s emerging in North America cannot be accomplished unilaterally. It must be accomplished in partnership with Mexico and Canada.
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We need to realize that the economic situation between Mexico and the United States is not just one in which we trade with one another.
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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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That’s the way in which they get entry into a system that will eventually release them into the country.
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Mexico now has the 13th largest economy in the world.
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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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To add insult to injury, most Americans never knew that, and most Mexicans have never forgotten it.
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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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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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