The potential of Mexico, Canada and the United States is enormous.
ALAN BERSINYou 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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Every air traveler entering Mexico is vetted against US databases.
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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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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 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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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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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.
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Twenty-nine US states depend on Mexico as their primary export market.
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We have to secure the flow of goods and people by engaging with foreign entities.
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Migration should take place in accordance with lawful norms and secure and safe procedures.
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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 Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development predicts it will have a larger economy than Germany by 2042.
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Not only are the numbers of migrants entering the United States at the lowest levels in a generation, but they are now largely Central American.
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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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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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