People should remember that Mexican migration is now at a net negative.
ALAN BERSINPeople 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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Walls and barriers alone are insufficient to insure security.
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Trust and confidence that have been built is not something that should be abandoned without great consideration for the potentially grave consequences to the United States.
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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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We have a combined population of half a billion people; peaceful trade-friendly borders that are the envy of the world.
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Migration should take place in accordance with lawful norms and secure and safe procedures.
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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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To add insult to injury, most Americans never knew that, and most Mexicans have never forgotten it.
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To the extent that President Trump means strengthened border security, I am fully in favor of the idea that the rule of the law, secure borders and public safety should prevail. Drugs should not enter illegally.
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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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More Mexicans are leaving through deportation and voluntary return than are entering the United States legally and illegally.
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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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Every air traveler entering Mexico is vetted against US databases.
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We can’t defend the country by looking at the borderline as the first line of defense rather than as the last line of defense.
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The work the Mexicans are doing in terms of migration control on Mexico’s southern border is crucial to our own border security.
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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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