The results became more and more apparent. Crime rates went down in the border region.
ALAN BERSINThe Mexicans return the detained Central American migrants by bus or by air to the countries they come from.
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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 air passenger screening system Mexico has in place involves these checks against US national security and criminal data bases.
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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 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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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The potential of Mexico, Canada and the United States is enormous.
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And they seek out Border Patrol agents or Customs and Border Protection officials to surrender to them and request political asylum.
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Twenty-nine US states depend on Mexico as their primary export market.
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