Migration should take place in accordance with lawful norms and secure and safe procedures.
ALAN BERSINThis is true despite the significant poverty, and the class and geographic inequality that have deep historical roots.
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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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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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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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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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I think there’s no question that the barriers, the fences and in certain urban areas, the walls, have had an important effect in terms of increasing the manageability and the security of the border.
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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 must rely on our allies and foreign governments to share information and data to secure our country.
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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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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 they seek out Border Patrol agents or Customs and Border Protection officials to surrender to them and request political asylum.
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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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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 work the Mexicans are doing in terms of migration control on Mexico’s southern border is crucial to our own border security.
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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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Walls and barriers alone are insufficient to insure security.
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