The air passenger screening system Mexico has in place involves these checks against US national security and criminal data bases.
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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Migration should take place in accordance with lawful norms and secure and safe procedures.
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We have to secure the flow of goods and people by engaging with foreign entities.
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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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This joint security program has been in place for at least six years and is a huge asset.
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We do a trillion dollars in trade among the three countries; more than 18,000 American companies are involved in foreign direct investment in Mexico and Canada.
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Twenty-nine US states depend on Mexico as their primary export market.
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The potential of Mexico, Canada and the United States is enormous.
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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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Today, the number of migrants crossing is at a 30-year low. That’s because of years of bipartisan work on this issue.
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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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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 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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In the last generation we’ve moved past a U.S.-Mexico relationship that while friendly on the surface, and demilitarized for the most part, really was not a genuinely cooperative relationship.
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Most people who live at the border or are familiar with the border know that a Berlin-like wall stretching from San Diego to Brownsville is not necessary. And the costs would be prohibitive.
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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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