Until we have a legitimate labor market between Mexico and the United States, people will attempt to come here to work.
ALAN BERSINIn 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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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 remember that information sharing is restricted by legal barriers and cultural barriers and by the notion that information is power and therefore should be hoarded so if you share information you can extract something in exchange.
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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 Mexican people are increasingly middle class, and Mexico has substantially become a middle-class society.
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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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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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In today’s digital online world, those who don’t share information will be isolated and left behind.
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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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This is true despite the significant poverty, and the class and geographic inequality that have deep historical roots.
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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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To add insult to injury, most Americans never knew that, and most Mexicans have never forgotten it.
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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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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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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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Mexico now has the 13th largest economy in the world.
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