Walls and barriers alone are insufficient to insure security.
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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Homeland security is inherently transnational today. There’s hardly anything adverse that happens in our homeland that doesn’t have a cause or effect that’s generated abroad. Increasingly.
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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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The results became more and more apparent. Crime rates went down in the border region.
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Today, the number of migrants crossing is at a 30-year low. That’s because of years of bipartisan work on this issue.
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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 air passenger screening system Mexico has in place involves these checks against US national security and criminal data bases.
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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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Migration should take place in accordance with lawful norms and secure and safe procedures.
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The National Targeting Center in Virginia run by Customs and Border Protection checks the background of every traveler who seeks to enter the country.
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The Mexicans return the detained Central American migrants by bus or by air to the countries they come from.
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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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If you build a 50-foot wall, you’ll soon be confronted with a 51-foot ladder.
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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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This joint security program has been in place for at least six years and is a huge asset.
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The 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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