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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.

Alan Bersin

This is true despite the significant poverty, and the class and geographic inequality that have deep historical roots.
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Class Deep Despite Geographic Historical Inequality Poverty Root Significant
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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There are plainclothes US officers stationed at airports in Mexico working with Mexican immigration officials to protect the United States.
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Four out of five border-crossers detained in South Texas are Guatemalan, Honduran or Salvadoran. They are driven by violence and poverty in their home countries and the desire for family reunification.
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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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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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People should remember that Mexican migration is now at a net negative.
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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 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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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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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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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 image and the costs of a Berlin-like wall or a Great Wall of China is something that the American people have not accepted to date.
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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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In the last two years, the Mexicans have detained nearly 400,000 migrants whose intent was to come to the United States.
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