Mexico now has the 13th largest economy in the world.
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 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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Walls and barriers alone are insufficient to insure security.
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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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Four out of five border-crossers detained in South Texas are Guatemalan, Honduran or Salvadoran. They are driven by violence and poverty in their home countries and the desire for family reunification.
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In 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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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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The results became more and more apparent. Crime rates went down in the border region.
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We make things together. We have shared production platforms.
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We must rely on our allies and foreign governments to share information and data to secure our country.
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The prospect of energy independence is within reach and will change the geopolitical situation of United States.
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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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There are plainclothes US officers stationed at airports in Mexico working with Mexican immigration officials to protect the United States.
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Our security in a global world must be looked at on a continental basis.
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The Mexican people are increasingly middle class, and Mexico has substantially become a middle-class society.
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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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