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.
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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The idea was to restore the rule of law, to bring order to a chaotic situation.
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For the first time since the second World War, we are not the sole dominant economy in the world.
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In today’s digital online world, those who don’t share information will be isolated and left behind. We need the data of other countries to connect the dots.
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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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In today’s digital online world, those who don’t share information will be isolated and left behind.
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People in our so-called Rust Belt have lost out, and politics and society have not been responsive either in providing the kind of additional support they need or to retrain them for jobs that are being created in the new economy.
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The Mexican people are increasingly middle class, and Mexico has substantially become a middle-class society.
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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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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.
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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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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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In the course of 25 years, we have developed a constructive relationship with Mexico that was nonexistent before.
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Every air traveler entering Mexico is vetted against US databases.
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Mexico now has the 13th largest economy in the world.
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Our security in a global world must be looked at on a continental basis.
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