The results became more and more apparent. Crime rates went down in the border region.
ALAN BERSINWe 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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Twenty-nine US states depend on Mexico as their primary export market.
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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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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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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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If you build a 50-foot wall, you’ll soon be confronted with a 51-foot ladder.
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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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Trust and confidence that have been built is not something that should be abandoned without great consideration for the potentially grave consequences to the United States.
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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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Every air traveler entering Mexico is vetted against US databases.
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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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People should remember that Mexican migration is now at a net negative.
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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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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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To the extent that President Trump means strengthened border security, I am fully in favor of the idea that the rule of the law, secure borders and public safety should prevail. Drugs should not enter illegally.
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