We have to secure the flow of goods and people by engaging with foreign entities.
ALAN BERSINNot only are the numbers of migrants entering the United States at the lowest levels in a generation, but they are now largely Central American.
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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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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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We make things together. We have shared production platforms.
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In the last two years, the Mexicans have detained nearly 400,000 migrants whose intent was to come to the United States.
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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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More Mexicans are leaving through deportation and voluntary return than are entering the United States legally and illegally.
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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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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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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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And they seek out Border Patrol agents or Customs and Border Protection officials to surrender to them and request political asylum.
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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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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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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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The potential of Mexico, Canada and the United States is enormous.
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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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