If you build a 50-foot wall, you’ll soon be confronted with a 51-foot ladder.
ALAN BERSINMore Mexicans are leaving through deportation and voluntary return than are entering the United States legally and illegally.
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The results became more and more apparent. Crime rates went down in the border region.
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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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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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Cross-border trade is part of a single production process, and while apparently the Trump administration will seek to re-examine elements of that production platform, it is what it is and won’t be easily dismantled.
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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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But in fact as Secretary of Homeland Security General John Kelly acknowledged at his confirmation hearing, walls and barriers alone are insufficient to insure security.
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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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This joint security program has been in place for at least six years and is a huge asset.
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The cry of “Make America Great Again” reflects accurately that, after the fall of the Soviet Union, the sole superpower status of the United States is coming to an end.
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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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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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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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In the course of 25 years, we have developed a constructive relationship with Mexico that was nonexistent before.
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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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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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