In today’s digital online world, those who don’t share information will be isolated and left behind.
ALAN BERSINIn today’s digital online world, those who don’t share information will be isolated and left behind.
ALAN BERSINMigration should take place in accordance with lawful norms and secure and safe procedures.
ALAN BERSINThe prospect of energy independence is within reach and will change the geopolitical situation of United States.
ALAN BERSINYou need a strategy that involves layered defense: deployed patrols, sophisticated sensor equipment, and surveillance from the air. That is what has had a positive impact over the last generation.
ALAN BERSINMost 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.
ALAN BERSINIn today’s digital online world, those who don’t share information will be isolated and left behind. We need the data of other countries to connect the dots.
ALAN BERSINAmerica should be working more with the Mexicans to prevent the flow of guns going south into Mexico that have fueled so much of the violence there.
ALAN BERSINPeople in our so-called Rust Belt have lost out, and politics and society have not been responsive either in providing the kind of additional support they need or to retrain them for jobs that are being created in the new economy.
ALAN BERSINOur security in a global world must be looked at on a continental basis.
ALAN BERSINThere have been enormous advances since 9/11 to build a very robust set of targeting procedures and watch lists to screen travelers coming to the United States.
ALAN BERSINThe potential of Mexico, Canada and the United States is enormous.
ALAN BERSINFour 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.
ALAN BERSINWe 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.
ALAN BERSINIt has gone from being a sending country for migrants to a transit country, and increasingly a receiving country for migrants in its own right.
ALAN BERSINIn 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.
ALAN BERSINWalls and barriers alone are insufficient to insure security.
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