Migration should take place in accordance with lawful norms and secure and safe procedures.
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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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 results became more and more apparent. Crime rates went down in the border region.
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The Mexican people are increasingly middle class, and Mexico has substantially become a middle-class society.
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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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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 today’s digital online world, those who don’t share information will be isolated and left behind.
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We have to secure the flow of goods and people by engaging with foreign entities.
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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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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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This is true despite the significant poverty, and the class and geographic inequality that have deep historical roots.
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We need to realize that the economic situation between Mexico and the United States is not just one in which we trade with one another.
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The idea was to restore the rule of law, to bring order to a chaotic situation.
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We assure our security by securing the flows as early as we can before they arrive and as far away from our borders as we can.
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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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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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