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.
ALAN BERSINI think there’s no question that the barriers, the fences and in certain urban areas, the walls, have had an important effect in terms of increasing the manageability and the security of the border.
More Alan Bersin Quotes
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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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We must rely on our allies and foreign governments to share information and data to secure our country.
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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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Walls and barriers alone are insufficient to insure security.
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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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Mexico has become a robust democracy with a robust press and an active legislature.
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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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Every air traveler entering Mexico is vetted against US databases.
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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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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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The potential of Mexico, Canada and the United States is enormous.
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Our security in a global world must be looked at on a continental basis.
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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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Twenty-nine US states depend on Mexico as their primary export market.
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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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