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.
ALAN BERSINTo add insult to injury, most Americans never knew that, and most Mexicans have never forgotten it.
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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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It has gone from being a sending country for migrants to a transit country, and increasingly a receiving country for migrants in its own right.
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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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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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In today’s digital online world, those who don’t share information will be isolated and left behind.
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The results became more and more apparent. Crime rates went down in the border region.
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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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As a result of the U.S.-Mexico War in the 19th century, and the treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo in 1848, half of what was Mexico was severed and became much of the western part of the United States.
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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.
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The prospect of energy independence is within reach and will change the geopolitical situation of United States.
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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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We have a combined population of half a billion people; peaceful trade-friendly borders that are the envy of the world.
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The Mexicans return the detained Central American migrants by bus or by air to the countries they come from.
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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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If you build a 50-foot wall, you’ll soon be confronted with a 51-foot ladder.
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