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.
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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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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Migrants come up and no longer seek to evade the Border Patrol, but are actually left at the border by their smugglers.
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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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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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We have to secure the flow of goods and people by engaging with foreign entities.
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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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For the first time since the second World War, we are not the sole dominant economy in the world.
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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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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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Migration should take place in accordance with lawful norms and secure and safe procedures.
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People should remember that Mexican migration is now at a net negative.
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There are plainclothes US officers stationed at airports in Mexico working with Mexican immigration officials to protect the United States.
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Cross-border trade is part of a single production process, and while apparently the Trump administration will seek to re-examine elements of that production platform, it is what it is and won’t be easily dismantled.
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The results became more and more apparent. Crime rates went down in the border region.
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The potential of Mexico, Canada and the United States is enormous.
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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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As former Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano pointed out, if you build a 50-foot wall, you’ll soon be confronted with a 51-foot ladder.
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Homeland security is inherently transnational today. There’s hardly anything adverse that happens in our homeland that doesn’t have a cause or effect that’s generated abroad. Increasingly.
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The cry of “Make America Great Again” reflects accurately that, after the fall of the Soviet Union, the sole superpower status of the United States is coming to an end.
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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 must recognize that this massive economic bloc that’s emerging in North America cannot be accomplished unilaterally. It must be accomplished in partnership with Mexico and Canada.
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But in fact as Secretary of Homeland Security General John Kelly acknowledged at his confirmation hearing, walls and barriers alone are insufficient to insure security.
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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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Our security in a global world must be looked at on a continental basis.
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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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We make things together. We have shared production platforms.
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