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.
ALAN BERSINMexico has become a robust democracy with a robust press and an active legislature.
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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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Mexico has become a robust democracy with a robust press and an active legislature.
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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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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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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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As a result of the U.S.-Mexico War in the 19th century, and the treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo in 1848, half of what was Mexico was severed and became much of the western part of the United States.
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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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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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More Mexicans are leaving through deportation and voluntary return than are entering the United States legally and illegally.
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An increasing number of Mexican companies are creating jobs in the United States.
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The idea was to restore the rule of law, to bring order to a chaotic situation.
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The prospect of energy independence is within reach and will change the geopolitical situation of United States.
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We need to realize that the economic situation between Mexico and the United States is not just one in which we trade with one another.
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In the last generation we’ve moved past a U.S.-Mexico relationship that while friendly on the surface, and demilitarized for the most part, really was not a genuinely cooperative relationship.
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