More Mexicans are leaving through deportation and voluntary return than are entering the United States legally and illegally.
ALAN BERSINTwenty-nine US states depend on Mexico as their primary export market.
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The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development predicts it will have a larger economy than Germany by 2042.
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Every air traveler entering Mexico is vetted against US databases.
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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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This is true despite the significant poverty, and the class and geographic inequality that have deep historical roots.
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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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Mexico has become a robust democracy with a robust press and an active legislature.
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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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Trust and confidence that have been built is not something that should be abandoned without great consideration for the potentially grave consequences to the United States.
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But in fact as Secretary of Homeland Security General John Kelly acknowledged at his confirmation hearing, walls and barriers alone are insufficient to insure security.
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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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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 law change during the Bush administration gave the Department of Health and Human Services a central role in relocating Central American minors in the United States.
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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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If you build a 50-foot wall, you’ll soon be confronted with a 51-foot ladder.
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Six million jobs in the US depend on trade with Mexico. Ten border states – six in Mexico and four in the United States – combined have the third or fourth largest economy in the world.
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