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.
ALAN BERSINCross-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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In today’s digital online world, those who don’t share information will be isolated and left behind.
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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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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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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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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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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 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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The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development predicts it will have a larger economy than Germany by 2042.
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Every air traveler entering Mexico is vetted against US databases.
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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 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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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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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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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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