People should remember that Mexican migration is now at a net negative.
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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Walls and barriers alone are insufficient to insure security.
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An increasing number of Mexican companies are creating jobs in the United States.
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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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The Mexican people are increasingly middle class, and Mexico has substantially become a middle-class society.
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During the last eight to 10 years there have been continued efforts which have resulted in a strategic alliance with the Mexicans and improved safety and security at the border.
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In today’s digital online world, those who don’t share information will be isolated and left behind. We need the data of other countries to connect the dots.
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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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In the course of 25 years, we have developed a constructive relationship with Mexico that was nonexistent before.
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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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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 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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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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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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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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