We make things together. We have shared production platforms.
ALAN BERSINToday, 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 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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In today’s digital online world, those who don’t share information will be isolated and left behind.
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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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In today’s digital online world, those who don’t share information will be isolated and left behind. We need the data of other countries to connect the dots.
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Our security in a global world must be looked at on a continental basis.
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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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You need a strategy that involves layered defense: deployed patrols, sophisticated sensor equipment, and surveillance from the air. That is what has had a positive impact over the last generation.
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Every air traveler entering Mexico is vetted against US databases.
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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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Walls and barriers alone are insufficient to insure security.
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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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We have to secure the flow of goods and people by engaging with foreign entities.
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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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We should be wary, particularly with our closest friends and allies, of breaking down the trust and confidence that lie at the foundation of relationships.
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The idea was to restore the rule of law, to bring order to a chaotic situation.
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There have been enormous advances since 9/11 to build a very robust set of targeting procedures and watch lists to screen travelers coming to the United States.
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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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Mexico has become a robust democracy with a robust press and an active legislature.
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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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To add insult to injury, most Americans never knew that, and most Mexicans have never forgotten it.
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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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If you build a 50-foot wall, you’ll soon be confronted with a 51-foot ladder.
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Migrants come up and no longer seek to evade the Border Patrol, but are actually left at the border by their smugglers.
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This is true despite the significant poverty, and the class and geographic inequality that have deep historical roots.
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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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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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