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.
ALAN BERSINThis joint security program has been in place for at least six years and is a huge asset.
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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 Mexicans return the detained Central American migrants by bus or by air to the countries they come from.
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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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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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In today’s digital online world, those who don’t share information will be isolated and left behind.
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In the last generation we’ve moved past a U.S.-Mexico relationship that while friendly on the surface, and demilitarized for the most part, really was not a genuinely cooperative relationship.
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That’s the way in which they get entry into a system that will eventually release them into the country.
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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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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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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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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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Our security in a global world must be looked at on a continental basis.
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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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The cry of “Make America Great Again” reflects accurately that, after the fall of the Soviet Union, the sole superpower status of the United States is coming to an end.
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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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