For the first time since the second World War, we are not the sole dominant economy in the world.
ALAN BERSINIn the course of 25 years, we have developed a constructive relationship with Mexico that was nonexistent before.
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The results became more and more apparent. Crime rates went down in the border region.
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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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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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And there are places on the border, such as the Arizona desert or the open terrain around the Big Bend in South Texas, where Mother Nature has created her own barrier that is not easily passable. Or if you do pass through it, you are easily detected.
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America 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.
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You 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.
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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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Our security in a global world must be looked at on a continental basis.
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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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Migrants come up and no longer seek to evade the Border Patrol, but are actually left at the border by their smugglers.
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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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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 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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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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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.
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