Mexico has become a robust democracy with a robust press and an active legislature.
ALAN BERSINThe Mexicans return the detained Central American migrants by bus or by air to the countries they come from.
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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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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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That’s the way in which they get entry into a system that will eventually release them into the country.
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The potential of Mexico, Canada and the United States is enormous.
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People should remember that Mexican migration is now at a net negative.
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The law change during the Bush administration gave the Department of Health and Human Services a central role in relocating Central American minors in the United States.
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We do a trillion dollars in trade among the three countries; more than 18,000 American companies are involved in foreign direct investment in Mexico and Canada.
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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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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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This is true despite the significant poverty, and the class and geographic inequality that have deep historical roots.
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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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America should be working more with the Mexicans to prevent the flow of guns going south into Mexico that have fueled so much of the violence there.
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Every air traveler entering Mexico is vetted against US databases.
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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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There have been enormous advances since 9/11 to build a very robust set of targeting procedures and watch lists to screen travelers coming to the United States.
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