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ALAN BERSINIn the course of 25 years, we have developed a constructive relationship with Mexico that was nonexistent before.
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Trust and confidence that have been built is not something that should be abandoned without great consideration for the potentially grave consequences to the United States.
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Cross-border trade is part of a single production process, and while apparently the Trump administration will seek to re-examine elements of that production platform, it is what it is and won’t be easily dismantled.
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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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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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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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The idea was to restore the rule of law, to bring order to a chaotic situation.
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We can’t defend the country by looking at the borderline as the first line of defense rather than as the last line of defense.
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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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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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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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The prospect of energy independence is within reach and will change the geopolitical situation of United States.
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To the extent that President Trump means strengthened border security, I am fully in favor of the idea that the rule of the law, secure borders and public safety should prevail. Drugs should not enter illegally.
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Every air traveler entering Mexico is vetted against US databases.
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We have a combined population of half a billion people; peaceful trade-friendly borders that are the envy of the world.
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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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