Walls and barriers alone are insufficient to insure security.
ALAN BERSINIn the course of 25 years, we have developed a constructive relationship with Mexico that was nonexistent before.
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And we have to work together to secure the continent in order to keep dangerous people and dangerous things out and strengthen perimeter security on a continental basis.
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And the smuggling of cash and the money laundering that transnational criminal organizations have instituted in North America, including in the United States.
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People 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.
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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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That’s the way in which they get entry into a system that will eventually release them into the country.
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Six 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 the course of 25 years, we have developed a constructive relationship with Mexico that was nonexistent before.
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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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Mexico has become a robust democracy with a robust press and an active legislature.
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Twenty-nine US states depend on Mexico as their primary export market.
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The Mexican people are increasingly middle class, and Mexico has substantially become a middle-class society.
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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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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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We must rely on our allies and foreign governments to share information and data to secure our country.
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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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