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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 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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Company Country Dollar Investment Involve Million Trade
The potential of Mexico, Canada and the United States is enormous.
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Country Enormous Potential
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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Attitude Built Century Characterized Country Difficulty Nationalism Occur Overcome Protectionism Revolution
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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Benefit Country Economic Environment Government Large Peaceful Period Policy
That’s the way in which they get entry into a system that will eventually release them into the country.
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Country Eventually Release System Way
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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Country Each Economic Need Other Realize Situation Trade
An increasing number of Mexican companies are creating jobs in the United States.
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Company Country Create Increase Job Number
Twenty-nine US states depend on Mexico as their primary export market.
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Country Depenf Export Market Primary State
There have been enormous advances since 9/11 to build a very robust set of targeting procedures and watch lists to screen travelers coming to the United States.
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Advance Build Enormous List Procedure Robust Since Target Watch
We have to remember that information sharing is restricted by legal barriers and cultural barriers and by the notion that information is power and therefore should be hoarded so if you share information you can extract something in exchange.
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Barrier Cultural exchange Hoard Information Legal Notion Power Remember Restrict Share Something
In the last two years, the Mexicans have detained nearly 400,000 migrants whose intent was to come to the United States.
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Another Come Country Detain Last Migrant Nearby Thousand Two Year
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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Accomplish Country Economic Emerge Massive Recognize Unilaterally
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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Arrive Assure Before Border Far Flow Security
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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Century Country Half Part Result Serve Treat Western
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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Country Gone Increasingly Migrant Own Receive Right Send
The idea was to restore the rule of law, to bring order to a chaotic situation.
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Bring Chaotic Idea Law Order Restore Rule Situation

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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