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

- 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 wa…

- Alan Bersin

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…

- 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

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

- Alan Bersin

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

- Alan Bersin

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…

- 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 neces…

- Alan Bersin

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 …

- Alan Bersin