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.
ALAN BERSINMore Mexicans are leaving through deportation and voluntary return than are entering the United States legally and illegally.
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We must rely on our allies and foreign governments to share information and data to secure our country.
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Mexico now has the 13th 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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The Mexicans return the detained Central American migrants by bus or by air to the countries they come from.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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To add insult to injury, most Americans never knew that, and most Mexicans have never forgotten it.
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Mexico has become a robust democracy with a robust press and an active legislature.
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In the last two years, the Mexicans have detained nearly 400,000 migrants whose intent was to come to the United States.
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Our security in a global world must be looked at on a continental basis.
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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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