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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

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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And 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.
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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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Mexico has become a robust democracy with a robust press and an active legislature.
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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 air passenger screening system Mexico has in place involves these checks against US national security and criminal data bases.
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It has gone from being a sending country for migrants to a transit country, and increasingly a receiving country for migrants in its own right.
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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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In the course of 25 years, we have developed a constructive relationship with Mexico that was nonexistent before.
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The potential of Mexico, Canada and the United States is enormous.
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The idea was to restore the rule of law, to bring order to a chaotic situation.
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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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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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To add insult to injury, most Americans never knew that, and most Mexicans have never forgotten it.
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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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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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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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