In the course of 25 years, we have developed a constructive relationship with Mexico that was nonexistent before. During the last eight to 10 years t….

Homeland security is inherently transnational today. There's hardly anything adverse that happens in our homeland that doesn't have a cause or effect….

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 wa….

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 ….

Until we have a legitimate labor market between Mexico and the United States, people will attempt to come here to work..

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

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 neces….

We should be wary, particularly with our closest friends and allies, of breaking down the trust and confidence that lie at the foundation of relation….

The potential of Mexico, Canada and the United States is enormous. We have a combined population of half a billion people; peaceful trade-friendly bo….

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

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 Uni….

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. We make thing….

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

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

We have to remember that information sharing is restricted by legal barriers and cultural barriers and by the notion that information is power and th….

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

Migrants come up and no longer seek to evade the Border Patrol, but are actually left at the border by their smugglers. And they seek out Border Patr….

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 the deta….

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 ladder. You….

The work the Mexicans are doing in terms of migration control on Mexico's southern border is crucial to our own border security..

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 p….