Every air traveler entering Mexico is vetted against US databases.
ALAN BERSINEvery air traveler entering Mexico is vetted against US databases.
ALAN BERSINThe 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.
ALAN BERSINThe results became more and more apparent. Crime rates went down in the border region.
ALAN BERSINTrust 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.
ALAN BERSINThe cry of “Make America Great Again” reflects accurately that, after the fall of the Soviet Union, the sole superpower status of the United States is coming to an end.
ALAN BERSINMigrants come up and no longer seek to evade the Border Patrol, but are actually left at the border by their smugglers.
ALAN BERSINUntil we have a legitimate labor market between Mexico and the United States, people will attempt to come here to work.
ALAN BERSINWalls and barriers alone are insufficient to insure security.
ALAN BERSINAnd we have to work together to secure the continent in order to keep dangerous people and dangerous things out and strengthen perimeter security on a continental basis.
ALAN BERSINWe have a combined population of half a billion people; peaceful trade-friendly borders that are the envy of the world.
ALAN BERSINWe 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.
ALAN BERSINIt has gone from being a sending country for migrants to a transit country, and increasingly a receiving country for migrants in its own right.
ALAN BERSINHomeland 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.
ALAN BERSINAnd 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.
ALAN BERSINIn the last two years, the Mexicans have detained nearly 400,000 migrants whose intent was to come to the United States.
ALAN BERSINAn increasing number of Mexican companies are creating jobs in the United States.
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