The potential of Mexico, Canada and the United States is enormous.
ALAN BERSINThis joint security program has been in place for at least six years and is a huge asset.
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We make things together. We have shared production platforms.
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More Mexicans are leaving through deportation and voluntary return than are entering the United States legally and illegally.
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As former Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano pointed out, if you build a 50-foot wall, you’ll soon be confronted with a 51-foot ladder.
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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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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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We should be wary, particularly with our closest friends and allies, of breaking down the trust and confidence that lie at the foundation of relationships.
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To the extent that President Trump means strengthened border security, I am fully in favor of the idea that the rule of the law, secure borders and public safety should prevail. Drugs should not enter illegally.
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Our security in a global world must be looked at on a continental basis.
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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 air passenger screening system Mexico has in place involves these checks against US national security and criminal data bases.
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Mexico now has the 13th largest economy in 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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It has gone from being a sending country for migrants to a transit country, and increasingly a receiving country for migrants in its own right.
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People should remember that Mexican migration is now at a net negative.
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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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