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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The results became more and more apparent. Crime rates went down in the border region.
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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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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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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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Twenty-nine US states depend on Mexico as their primary export market.
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The idea was to restore the rule of law, to bring order to a chaotic situation.
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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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You need a strategy that involves layered defense: deployed patrols, sophisticated sensor equipment, and surveillance from the air. That is what has had a positive impact over the last generation.
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We have a combined population of half a billion people; peaceful trade-friendly borders that are the envy of the world.
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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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Not only are the numbers of migrants entering the United States at the lowest levels in a generation, but they are now largely Central American.
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Mexico has become a robust democracy with a robust press and an active legislature.
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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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We have to secure the flow of goods and people by engaging with foreign entities.
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Mexico now has the 13th largest economy in the world.
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