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 BERSINThe 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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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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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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We make things together. We have shared production platforms.
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Until we have a legitimate labor market between Mexico and the United States, people will attempt to come here to work.
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We do a trillion dollars in trade among the three countries; more than 18,000 American companies are involved in foreign direct investment in Mexico and Canada.
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We have to secure the flow of goods and people by engaging with foreign entities.
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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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Mexico has become a robust democracy with a robust press and an active legislature.
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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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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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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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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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Twenty-nine US states depend on Mexico as their primary export market.
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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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More Mexicans are leaving through deportation and voluntary return than are entering the United States legally and illegally.
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