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.
ALAN BERSINOur security in a global world must be looked at on a continental basis.
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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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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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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 have to secure the flow of goods and people by engaging with foreign entities.
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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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Our security in a global world must be looked at on a continental basis.
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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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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 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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The Mexican people are increasingly middle class, and Mexico has substantially become a middle-class society.
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Mexico now has the 13th largest economy in the world.
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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 potential of Mexico, Canada and the United States is enormous.
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And there are places on the border, such as the Arizona desert or the open terrain around the Big Bend in South Texas, where Mother Nature has created her own barrier that is not easily passable. Or if you do pass through it, you are easily detected.
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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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