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.
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.
More Alan Bersin Quotes
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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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The Mexicans return the detained Central American migrants by bus or by air to the countries they come from.
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In the course of 25 years, we have developed a constructive relationship with Mexico that was nonexistent before.
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The idea was to restore the rule of law, to bring order to a chaotic situation.
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And 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.
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We need to realize that the economic situation between Mexico and the United States is not just one in which we trade with one another.
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Our security in a global world must be looked at on a continental basis.
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As a result of the U.S.-Mexico War in the 19th century, and the treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo in 1848, half of what was Mexico was severed and became much of the western part of the United States.
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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 prospect of energy independence is within reach and will change the geopolitical situation of United States.
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Walls and barriers alone are insufficient to insure security.
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Migration should take place in accordance with lawful norms and secure and safe procedures.
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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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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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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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