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.
ALAN BERSINBut in fact as Secretary of Homeland Security General John Kelly acknowledged at his confirmation hearing, walls and barriers alone are insufficient to insure security.
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And there are places on the border, such as the Arizona desert or the open terrain around the Big Bend in South Texas, where Mother Nature has created her own barrier that is not easily passable. Or if you do pass through it, you are easily detected.
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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 air passenger screening system Mexico has in place involves these checks against US national security and criminal data bases.
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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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That’s the way in which they get entry into a system that will eventually release them into the country.
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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 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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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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Until we have a legitimate labor market between Mexico and the United States, people will attempt to come here to work.
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Mexico has become a robust democracy with a robust press and an active legislature.
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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 large part this is because of the success of policies followed by the United States to create an environment, a peaceful period in history in which economies could grow and countries could benefit.
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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.
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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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In the course of 25 years, we have developed a constructive relationship with Mexico that was nonexistent before.
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