For the first time since the second World War, we are not the sole dominant economy in the world.
ALAN BERSINThe air passenger screening system Mexico has in place involves these checks against US national security and criminal data bases.
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The idea was to restore the rule of law, to bring order to a chaotic situation.
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Most people who live at the border or are familiar with the border know that a Berlin-like wall stretching from San Diego to Brownsville is not necessary. And the costs would be prohibitive.
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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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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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Our security in a global world must be looked at on a continental basis.
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The Mexican people are increasingly middle class, and Mexico has substantially become a middle-class society.
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During the last eight to 10 years there have been continued efforts which have resulted in a strategic alliance with the Mexicans and improved safety and security at the border.
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In the course of 25 years, we have developed a constructive relationship with Mexico that was nonexistent before.
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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 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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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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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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Cross-border trade is part of a single production process, and while apparently the Trump administration will seek to re-examine elements of that production platform, it is what it is and won’t be easily dismantled.
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Mexico now has the 13th largest economy in the world.
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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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