People should remember that Mexican migration is now at a net negative.
ALAN BERSINWe 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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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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Until we have a legitimate labor market between Mexico and the United States, people will attempt to come here to work.
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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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We assure our security by securing the flows as early as we can before they arrive and as far away from our borders as we can.
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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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In the course of 25 years, we have developed a constructive relationship with Mexico that was nonexistent before.
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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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For the first time since the second World War, we are not the sole dominant economy in the world.
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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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The prospect of energy independence is within reach and will change the geopolitical situation of United States.
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We have to remember that information sharing is restricted by legal barriers and cultural barriers and by the notion that information is power and therefore should be hoarded so if you share information you can extract something in exchange.
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Six million jobs in the US depend on trade with Mexico. Ten border states – six in Mexico and four in the United States – combined have the third or fourth largest economy in the world.
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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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In large part this is because of the success of policies followed by the United States to create an environment, a peaceful period in history in which economies could grow and countries could benefit.
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An increasing number of Mexican companies are creating jobs in the United States.
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