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In the last two years, the Mexicans have detained nearly 400,000 migrants whose intent was to come to the United States.

Alan Bersin

If you build a 50-foot wall, you’ll soon be confronted with a 51-foot ladder.
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Build Confront Foot Ladder Son Wall
Walls and barriers alone are insufficient to insure security.
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Alone Barrier Insufficient Insure Security Wall
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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Cooperative Demilitarize Friendly Generation Genuine Last Most Move Past Relationship Surface While
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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Billion Border Combine Envy Friendly Peaceful People Population Trade World
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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Border Combine Country Depend Economy Four Job Largest Million Six State Trade World
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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Country Enter Generation Large Level Lowest Migrant Now Number
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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Homeland Inherently Security Today Transnational
During the last eight to 10 years there have been continued efforts which have resulted in a strategic alliance with the Mexicans and improved safety and security at the border.
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Advance Borde Continue Country Improve Safety Strategy Year
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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Allies Break Close Confidence Down Foundation Friend Lie Particular Relationship Trust Wary
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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Administration Apparently Border Examine Platform Process Seek
This joint security program has been in place for at least six years and is a huge asset.
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Asset Huge Joint Least Place Program Security Six Year
The nationalism and the protectionism that was built into the Mexican Revolution in 1910 and that characterized the Mexican attitude to the United States for much of the 20th century were difficult to overcome. But that actually has occurred. And the cooperation.
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Attitude Built Century Characterized Country Difficulty Nationalism Occur Overcome Protectionism Revolution
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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Border Country Custom National Protection Run Seek Target Virginia
That’s the way in which they get entry into a system that will eventually release them into the country.
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Country Eventually Release System Way
We assure our security by securing the flows as early as we can before they arrive and as far away from our borders as we can.
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Arrive Assure Before Border Far Flow Security
There are plainclothes US officers stationed at airports in Mexico working with Mexican immigration officials to protect the United States.
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Airport Country Immigration Officer Official Plainclothes Protect

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