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.
ALAN BERSINWe 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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As former Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano pointed out, if you build a 50-foot wall, you’ll soon be confronted with a 51-foot ladder.
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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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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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We must rely on our allies and foreign governments to share information and data to secure our country.
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In the last generation we’ve moved past a U.S.-Mexico relationship that while friendly on the surface, and demilitarized for the most part, really was not a genuinely cooperative relationship.
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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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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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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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Mexico now has the 13th largest economy in the world.
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The Mexican people are increasingly middle class, and Mexico has substantially become a middle-class society.
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Migration should take place in accordance with lawful norms and secure and safe procedures.
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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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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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There are plainclothes US officers stationed at airports in Mexico working with Mexican immigration officials to protect the United States.
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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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