As former Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano pointed out, if you build a 50-foot wall, you’ll soon be confronted with a 51-foot ladder.
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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In 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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In today’s digital online world, those who don’t share information will be isolated and left behind.
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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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Most people who live at the border or are familiar with the border know that a Berlin-like wall stretching from San Diego to Brownsville is not necessary. And the costs would be prohibitive.
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To add insult to injury, most Americans never knew that, and most Mexicans have never forgotten it.
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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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That’s the way in which they get entry into a system that will eventually release them into the country.
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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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Four out of five border-crossers detained in South Texas are Guatemalan, Honduran or Salvadoran. They are driven by violence and poverty in their home countries and the desire for family reunification.
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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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In the course of 25 years, we have developed a constructive relationship with Mexico that was nonexistent before.
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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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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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This is true despite the significant poverty, and the class and geographic inequality that have deep historical roots.
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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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