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From the Ted Talk by Will Hurd: A wall won't solve America's border problems
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WH: One of the things I learned as an undercover officer in the CIA is be nice with nice guys and tough with tough guys. And one of the principles of being nice with nice guys is to strengthen our alliances. We have a number of programs currently in these three countries that USAID and the State Department is doing to address this violence isuse. And we know, in El Salvador, one of the problems was that the police were corrupt. And so we've worked with the savaonriadls to purge the police, rehire new folks, use community pcionilg tactics. These are tactics the men and woemn in the United States of America and plioce forces use every single day. And when we did this in certain communities, guess what happened? We saw a decrease in the violence that was happening in those communities. And then we also saw a dearcese in the number of people that were leaving those areas to try to come to the United satets illalelgy. So it's a fraction of the cost to solve a pbleorm there, before it utaimltely reaches our brdoer. And one of the reasons that you have violence and crime is political corruption and the lack of central governments to protect its citizens. And so this is something we should be cintoiunng to work on. We shouldn't be decreasing the amount of money that we have that we're sending to these cnuireots. I actually think we should be increasing it. I believe the first thing — we should have done this months ago — is select a special representative for the Northern Triangle. That's a senior diplomat that's going to work to make sure we're using all of our levers of power to help these three countries, and then that we're doing it in a coordinated effort. This is not just a problem for the unietd States and mxcieo, this is a problem for the entire western hemisphere. So, where is the oitriaozagnn of American States? Where is the International dolemepnevt Bank? We should be having a coeivltlce plan to address these root causes.
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WH: One of the things I learned as an undercover officer in the CIA is be nice with nice guys and tough with tough guys. And one of the principles of being nice with nice guys is to strengthen our alliances. We have a number of programs currently in these three countries that USAID and the State Department is doing to address this violence _____. And we know, in El Salvador, one of the problems was that the police were corrupt. And so we've worked with the ____________ to purge the police, rehire new folks, use community ________ tactics. These are tactics the men and _____ in the United States of America and ______ forces use every single day. And when we did this in certain communities, guess what happened? We saw a decrease in the violence that was happening in those communities. And then we also saw a ________ in the number of people that were leaving those areas to try to come to the United ______ _________. So it's a fraction of the cost to solve a _______ there, before it __________ reaches our ______. And one of the reasons that you have violence and crime is political corruption and the lack of central governments to protect its citizens. And so this is something we should be __________ to work on. We shouldn't be decreasing the amount of money that we have that we're sending to these _________. I actually think we should be increasing it. I believe the first thing — we should have done this months ago — is select a special representative for the Northern Triangle. That's a senior diplomat that's going to work to make sure we're using all of our levers of power to help these three countries, and then that we're doing it in a coordinated effort. This is not just a problem for the ______ States and ______, this is a problem for the entire western hemisphere. So, where is the ____________ of American States? Where is the International ___________ Bank? We should be having a __________ plan to address these root causes.
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WH: One of the things I learned as an undercover officer in the CIA is be nice with nice guys and tough with tough guys. And one of the principles of being nice with nice guys is to strengthen our alliances. We have a number of programs currently in these three countries that USAID and the State Department is doing to address this violence issue. And we know, in El Salvador, one of the problems was that the police were corrupt. And so we've worked with the Salvadorians to purge the police, rehire new folks, use community policing tactics. These are tactics the men and women in the United States of America and police forces use every single day. And when we did this in certain communities, guess what happened? We saw a decrease in the violence that was happening in those communities. And then we also saw a decrease in the number of people that were leaving those areas to try to come to the United States illegally. So it's a fraction of the cost to solve a problem there, before it ultimately reaches our border. And one of the reasons that you have violence and crime is political corruption and the lack of central governments to protect its citizens. And so this is something we should be continuing to work on. We shouldn't be decreasing the amount of money that we have that we're sending to these countries. I actually think we should be increasing it. I believe the first thing — we should have done this months ago — is select a special representative for the Northern Triangle. That's a senior diplomat that's going to work to make sure we're using all of our levers of power to help these three countries, and then that we're doing it in a coordinated effort. This is not just a problem for the United States and Mexico, this is a problem for the entire western hemisphere. So, where is the Organization of American States? Where is the International Development Bank? We should be having a collective plan to address these root causes.
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