--- title: "4 Barriers Quotes By Alan Bersin" description: "4 Barriers quotes by Alan Bersin. Plus more from Alan Bersin and more Barriers sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2dd/alan-bersin-17353_arizona_most-people-who-live-at-the-border-or-ar_1656701.jpg" --- > [Most people who live at the border or are familiar with the border know that a Berlin-like wall stretching from San Diego…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-bersin/most-people-who-live-at-the-border-or-are-familiar-with-the-border/) [Alan Bersin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-bersin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2dd/alan-bersin-17353_arizona_most-people-who-live-at-the-border-or-ar_1656701.jpg) > [I think there's no question that the barriers, the fences and in certain urban areas, the walls, have had an important effect…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-bersin/i-think-there-s-no-question-that-the-barriers-the-fences-and-in/) [Alan Bersin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-bersin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/641/alan-bersin-17353_barriers_i-think-there-s-no-question-that-the-bar_1885165.jpg) > [Walls and barriers alone are insufficient to insure security.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-bersin/walls-and-barriers-alone-are-insufficient-to-insure-security/) [Alan Bersin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-bersin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7c0/alan-bersin-17353_barriers_walls-and-barriers-alone-are-insufficien_2036241.png) > [We have to remember that information sharing is restricted by legal barriers and cultural barriers and by the notion that information is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-bersin/we-have-to-remember-that-information-sharing-is-restricted-by-legal/) [Alan Bersin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-bersin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/019/alan-bersin-17353_barriers_we-have-to-remember-that-information-sha_2997467.png) ## Other authors on Barriers - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b020/author-rajneesh-77002.jpg) Rajneesh 13 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/barriers/rajneesh/) - [Craig D. Lounsbrough 11 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/barriers/craig-d-lounsbrough/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b011/author-hillary-clinton-42043.jpg) Hillary Clinton 9 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/barriers/hillary-clinton/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b018/author-noam-chomsky-71799.jpg) Noam Chomsky 8 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/barriers/noam-chomsky/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b019/author-paul-ryan-74142.jpg) Paul Ryan 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/barriers/paul-ryan/) - [Israelmore Ayivor 6 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/barriers/israelmore-ayivor/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b023/author-thomas-jefferson-90435.jpg) Thomas Jefferson 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/barriers/thomas-jefferson/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b001/author-suzy-kassem-596.jpg) Suzy Kassem 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/barriers/suzy-kassem/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b019/author-paulo-coelho-74345.jpg) Paulo Coelho 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/barriers/paulo-coelho/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b005/author-barack-obama-16275.jpg) Barack Obama 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/barriers/barack-obama/) ## More by 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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-bersin/the-nationalism-and-the-protectionism-that-was-built-into-the-mexican/) [Alan Bersin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-bersin/) > [People should remember that Mexican migration is now at a net negative. More Mexicans are leaving through deportation and voluntary return than are entering…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-bersin/people-should-remember-that-mexican-migration-is-now-at-a-net/) [Alan Bersin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-bersin/) > [In the last generation we've moved past a U.S.-Mexico relationship that while friendly on the surface, and demilitarized for the most part, really was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-bersin/in-the-last-generation-we-ve-moved-past-a-u-s-mexico-relationship/) [Alan Bersin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-bersin/) > [Our security in a global world must be looked at on a continental basis.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-bersin/our-security-in-a-global-world-must-be-looked-at-on-a-continental/) [Alan Bersin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-bersin/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-bersin/there-have-been-enormous-advances-since-9-11-to-build-a-very-robust/) [Alan Bersin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-bersin/) > [America should be working more with the Mexicans to prevent the flow of guns going south into Mexico that have fueled so much of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-bersin/america-should-be-working-more-with-the-mexicans-to-prevent-the-flow/) [Alan Bersin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-bersin/) > [If you build a 50-foot wall, you'll soon be confronted with a 51-foot ladder.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-bersin/if-you-build-a-50-foot-wall-you-ll-soon-be-confronted-with-a-51-foot/) [Alan Bersin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-bersin/) > [We need to realize that the economic situation between Mexico and the United States is not just one in which we trade with one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-bersin/we-need-to-realize-that-the-economic-situation-between-mexico-and-the/) [Alan Bersin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-bersin/) > [Homeland security is inherently transnational today. There's hardly anything adverse that happens in our homeland that doesn't have a cause or effect that's generated…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-bersin/homeland-security-is-inherently-transnational-today-there-s-hardly/) [Alan Bersin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-bersin/) > [Until we have a legitimate labor market between Mexico and the United States, people will attempt to come here to work.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-bersin/until-we-have-a-legitimate-labor-market-between-mexico-and-the-united/) [Alan Bersin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-bersin/) > [The law change during the Bush administration gave the Department of Health and Human Services a central role in relocating Central American minors in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-bersin/the-law-change-during-the-bush-administration-gave-the-department-of/) [Alan Bersin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-bersin/) > [In the last two years, the Mexicans have detained nearly 400,000 migrants whose intent was to come to the United States. The Mexicans return…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-bersin/in-the-last-two-years-the-mexicans-have-detained-nearly-400-000/) [Alan Bersin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-bersin/) > [Not only are the numbers of migrants entering the United States at the lowest levels in a generation, but they are now largely Central…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-bersin/not-only-are-the-numbers-of-migrants-entering-the-united-states-at/) [Alan Bersin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-bersin/) > [Every air traveler entering Mexico is vetted against US databases. The air passenger screening system Mexico has in place involves these checks against US…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-bersin/every-air-traveler-entering-mexico-is-vetted-against-us-databases-the/) [Alan Bersin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-bersin/) > [In today's digital online world, those who don't share information will be isolated and left behind.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-bersin/in-today-s-digital-online-world-those-who-don-t-share-information/) [Alan Bersin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-bersin/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/barriers/alan-bersin/#itemlist", "name": "4 Barriers Quotes By Alan Bersin", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Most people who live at the border or are familiar with the border know that a Berlin-like wall stretching from San Diego to Brownsville is not necessary. 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