In today’s digital online world, those who don’t share information will be isolated and left behind.
ALAN BERSINWe have to secure the flow of goods and people by engaging with foreign entities.
More Alan Bersin Quotes
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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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Walls and barriers alone are insufficient to insure security.
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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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The Mexicans return the detained Central American migrants by bus or by air to the countries they come from.
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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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To add insult to injury, most Americans never knew that, and most Mexicans have never forgotten it.
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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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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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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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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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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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If you build a 50-foot wall, you’ll soon be confronted with a 51-foot ladder.
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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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The National Targeting Center in Virginia run by Customs and Border Protection checks the background of every traveler who seeks to enter the country.
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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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