Alan Bersin

The nationalism and the protectionism that was built into the Mexican Revolution in 1910 and that characterized the Mexican attitude to the…

— Alan Bersin

People should remember that Mexican migration is now at a net negative. More Mexicans are leaving through deportation and voluntary return than…

— 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,…

— Alan Bersin

Our security in a global world must be looked at on a continental basis.

— 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…

— Alan Bersin

America should be working more with the Mexicans to prevent the flow of guns going south into Mexico that have fueled so…

— Alan Bersin

If you build a 50-foot wall, you'll soon be confronted with a 51-foot ladder.

— Alan Bersin

We need to realize that the economic situation between Mexico and the United States is not just one in which we trade…

— 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…

— Alan Bersin

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 law change during the Bush administration gave the Department of Health and Human Services a central role in relocating Central American…

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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. The…

— Alan Bersin

Not only are the numbers of migrants entering the United States at the lowest levels in a generation, but they are now…

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Every air traveler entering Mexico is vetted against US databases. The air passenger screening system Mexico has in place involves these checks…

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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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The Mexican people are increasingly middle class, and Mexico has substantially become a middle-class society. This is true despite the significant poverty,…

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Most people who live at the border or are familiar with the border know that a Berlin-like wall stretching from San Diego…

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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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Mexico now has the 13th largest economy in the world. The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development predicts it will have a…

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We must recognize that this massive economic bloc that's emerging in North America cannot be accomplished unilaterally. It must be accomplished in…

— Alan Bersin

I think there's no question that the barriers, the fences and in certain urban areas, the walls, have had an important effect…

— Alan Bersin

The image and the costs of a Berlin-like wall or a Great Wall of China is something that the American people have…

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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…

— Alan Bersin

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…

— Alan Bersin