“People should remember that Mexican migration is now at a net negative. More Mexicans are leaving through deportation and voluntary return than are entering the United States legally and illegally.” PeopleShouldStatesRememberUnitedUnited StatesReturnNegativeLeavingEnteringMexicanMigrationDeportation Author:Alan Bersin
“The Mexican people are increasingly middle class, and Mexico has substantially become a middle-class society. This is true despite the significant poverty, and the class and geographic inequality that have deep historical roots.” PeopleClassPovertyMiddleRootsHistoricalSignificantDespiteInequalityMiddle ClassMexicoMexican Author:Alan Bersin
“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. And the costs would be prohibitive. 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.” PeopleIfsKnowsBigsWould BeMotherWallCostSouthFamiliarDesertBordersBarriersTexasBerlinStretchingMother NatureArizonaTerrainSan Diego Author:Alan Bersin
“The potential of Mexico, Canada and the United States is enormous. We have a combined population of half a billion people; peaceful trade-friendly borders that are the envy of the world; the prospect of energy independence is within reach and will change the geopolitical situation of United States; we do a trillion dollars in trade among the three countries; more than 18,000 American companies are involved in foreign direct investment in Mexico and Canada; an increasing number of Mexican companies are creating jobs in the United States.” PeopleWorldCountryStatesJobsThreeEnergyUnitedNumbersHalfCompanySituationUnited StatesInvolvedCreatingDirectIndependenceTradeDollarsInvestmentPopulationEnvyBillionsEnormousPeacefulBordersCanadaFriendlyMexicoMexicanWithin ReachGeopoliticalCreating JobsEnergy IndependenceCanada And The United States Author:Alan Bersin
“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.” PeopleNeedsKindJobsLostSupportEconomyProvidingBeltsRust Author:Alan Bersin
“We must recognize that this massive economic bloc that's emerging in North America cannot be accomplished unilaterally. It must be accomplished in partnership with Mexico and Canada. And we have to work together to secure the continent in order to keep dangerous people and dangerous things out and strengthen perimeter security on a continental basis.” PeopleTogetherAmericaOrderEconomicSecurityDangerousBasesSecureAccomplishedCanadaWorking TogetherMassiveMexicoPartnershipContinentsEmergingDangerous ThingsNorth AmericaContinentalPerimeter Author:Alan Bersin
“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. We have to secure the flow of goods and people by engaging with foreign entities. We assure our security by securing the flows as early as we can before they arrive and as far away from our borders as we can.” PeopleFirstsCountryLastsLinesSecurityFlowDefenseSecureBordersGoodsFar AwayEntityEngagingBorderline Author: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 not accepted to date.” PeopleWallAccepted Author:Alan Bersin
“Until we have a legitimate labor market between Mexico and the United States, people will attempt to come here to work.” PeopleStatesUnitedUnited StatesLaborMexico Author:Alan Bersin
