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Migrants come up and no longer seek to evade the Border Patrol, but are actually left at the border by their smugglers.
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Actual Border Come Evade Left Longer Migrant Patrol Seek Smuggler Up
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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Attitude Built Century Characterized Country Difficulty Nationalism Occur Overcome Protectionism Revolution
There have been enormous advances since 9/11 to build a very robust set of targeting procedures and watch lists to screen travelers coming to the United States.
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Advance Build Enormous List Procedure Robust Since Target Watch
Mexico has become a robust democracy with a robust press and an active legislature.
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Active Become Country Democracy Legislature Press Robust
Today, the number of migrants crossing is at a 30-year low. That’s because of years of bipartisan work on this issue.
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Apparent Border Crim Down Migrant More Number Rate Region Today
This is true despite the significant poverty, and the class and geographic inequality that have deep historical roots.
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Class Deep Despite Geographic Historical Inequality Poverty Root Significant
Four out of five border-crossers detained in South Texas are Guatemalan, Honduran or Salvadoran. They are driven by violence and poverty in their home countries and the desire for family reunification.
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Border Country Cross Divide Family Reunification Violence
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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Homeland Inherently Security Today Transnational
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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Area Barrie Border Certain Effect Fence Important Manageability Question Think Urban Wall
There are plainclothes US officers stationed at airports in Mexico working with Mexican immigration officials to protect the United States.
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Airport Country Immigration Officer Official Plainclothes Protect
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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Century Country Half Part Result Serve Treat Western
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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Band Big Border Country Detect Open Passable Place Terrain
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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Border Combine Country Depend Economy Four Job Largest Million Six State Trade World
We must recognize that this massive economic bloc that’s emerging in North America cannot be accomplished unilaterally. It must be accomplished in partnership with Mexico and Canada.
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Accomplish Country Economic Emerge Massive Recognize Unilaterally
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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Border Country Custom National Protection Run Seek Target Virginia
The Mexican people are increasingly middle class, and Mexico has substantially become a middle-class society.
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Become Class Country Increase Middle People Society Sustain

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