The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development predicts it will have a larger economy than Germany by 2042.
ALAN BERSINOur security in a global world must be looked at on a continental basis.
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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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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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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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The air passenger screening system Mexico has in place involves these checks against US national security and criminal data bases.
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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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People in our so-called Rust Belt have lost out, and politics and society have not been responsive either in providing the kind of additional support they need or to retrain them for jobs that are being created in the new economy.
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The results became more and more apparent. Crime rates went down in the border region.
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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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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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That’s the way in which they get entry into a system that will eventually release them into the country.
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People should remember that Mexican migration is now at a net negative.
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The idea was to restore the rule of law, to bring order to a chaotic situation.
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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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The Mexicans return the detained Central American migrants by bus or by air to the countries they come from.
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There have been enormous advances since 9/11 to build a very robust set of targeting procedures and watch lists to screen travelers coming to the United States.
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