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.
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.
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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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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 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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Every air traveler entering Mexico is vetted against US databases.
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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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The potential of Mexico, Canada and the United States is enormous.
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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 are plainclothes US officers stationed at airports in Mexico working with Mexican immigration officials to protect the United States.
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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 make things together. We have shared production platforms.
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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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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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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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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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That’s the way in which they get entry into a system that will eventually release them into the country.
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