We have to secure the flow of goods and people by engaging with foreign entities.
ALAN BERSINTwenty-nine US states depend on Mexico as their primary export market.
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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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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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The cry of “Make America Great Again” reflects accurately that, after the fall of the Soviet Union, the sole superpower status of the United States is coming to an end.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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 has become a robust democracy with a robust press and an active legislature.
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This joint security program has been in place for at least six years and is a huge asset.
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Until we have a legitimate labor market between Mexico and the United States, people will attempt to come here to work.
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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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In today’s digital online world, those who don’t share information will be isolated and left behind. We need the data of other countries to connect the dots.
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