People should remember that Mexican migration is now at a net negative.
ALAN BERSINWe 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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America should be working more with the Mexicans to prevent the flow of guns going south into Mexico that have fueled so much of the violence there.
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The 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.
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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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The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development predicts it will have a larger economy than Germany by 2042.
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More Mexicans are leaving through deportation and voluntary return than are entering the United States legally and illegally.
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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 potential of Mexico, Canada and the United States is enormous.
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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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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.
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The idea was to restore the rule of law, to bring order to a chaotic situation.
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Walls and barriers alone are insufficient to insure security.
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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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Mexico now has the 13th largest economy in the world.
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The National Targeting Center in Virginia run by Customs and Border Protection checks the background of every traveler who seeks to enter the country.
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