You need a strategy that involves layered defense: deployed patrols, sophisticated sensor equipment, and surveillance from the air. That is what has had a positive impact over the last generation.
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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People should remember that Mexican migration is now at a net negative.
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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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An increasing number of Mexican companies are creating jobs in the United States.
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Mexico now has the 13th largest economy in the world.
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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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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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We make things together. We have shared production platforms.
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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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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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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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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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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 results became more and more apparent. Crime rates went down in the border region.
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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 last two years, the Mexicans have detained nearly 400,000 migrants whose intent was to come to the United States.
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