Today, the number of migrants crossing is at a 30-year low. That’s because of years of bipartisan work on this issue.
ALAN BERSINSix 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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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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If you build a 50-foot wall, you’ll soon be confronted with a 51-foot ladder.
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People should remember that Mexican migration is now at a net negative.
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Walls and barriers alone are insufficient to insure security.
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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 they seek out Border Patrol agents or Customs and Border Protection officials to surrender to them and request political asylum.
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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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Our security in a global world must be looked at on a continental basis.
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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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We have to remember that information sharing is restricted by legal barriers and cultural barriers and by the notion that information is power and therefore should be hoarded so if you share information you can extract something in exchange.
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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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That’s the way in which they get entry into a system that will eventually release them into the country.
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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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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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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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