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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.

Alan Bersin

People in our so-called Rust Belt have lost out, and politics and society have not been responsive either in providing the kind of additional support they need or to retrain them for jobs that are being created in the new economy.
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Homeland 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.
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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 Mexicans return the detained Central American migrants by bus or by air to the countries they come from.
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Every air traveler entering Mexico is vetted against US databases.
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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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Walls and barriers alone are insufficient to insure security.
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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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That’s the way in which they get entry into a system that will eventually release them into the country.
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If you build a 50-foot wall, you’ll soon be confronted with a 51-foot ladder.
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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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The idea was to restore the rule of law, to bring order to a chaotic situation.
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To add insult to injury, most Americans never knew that, and most Mexicans have never forgotten it.
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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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Four out of five border-crossers detained in South Texas are Guatemalan, Honduran or Salvadoran. They are driven by violence and poverty in their home countries and the desire for family reunification.
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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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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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