Walls and barriers alone are insufficient to insure security.
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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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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Until we have a legitimate labor market between Mexico and the United States, people will attempt to come here to work.
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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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People should remember that Mexican migration is now at a net negative.
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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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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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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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To add insult to injury, most Americans never knew that, and most Mexicans have never forgotten it.
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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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More Mexicans are leaving through deportation and voluntary return than are entering the United States legally and illegally.
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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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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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The air passenger screening system Mexico has in place involves these checks against US national security and criminal data bases.
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Every air traveler entering Mexico is vetted against US databases.
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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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