The results became more and more apparent. Crime rates went down in the border region.
ALAN BERSINIn the last two years, the Mexicans have detained nearly 400,000 migrants whose intent was to come to the United States.
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The air passenger screening system Mexico has in place involves these checks against US national security and criminal data bases.
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I think there’s no question that the barriers, the fences and in certain urban areas, the walls, have had an important effect in terms of increasing the manageability and the security of the border.
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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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We have to secure the flow of goods and people by engaging with foreign entities.
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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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The cry of “Make America Great Again” reflects accurately that, after the fall of the Soviet Union, the sole superpower status of the United States is coming to an end.
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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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The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development predicts it will have a larger economy than Germany by 2042.
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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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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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We need to realize that the economic situation between Mexico and the United States is not just one in which we trade with one another.
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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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Twenty-nine US states depend on Mexico as their primary export market.
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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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That’s the way in which they get entry into a system that will eventually release them into the country.
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