“This huge bulge of Mexican men and women that have built much of the United States, my friends, over the last six decades, is no longer available. The source of low wage labor in the United States over the next generation is actually Central America and Southeast Asia.” Assistant Secretary of International Affairs and Chief Diplomatic Officer for the Department of Homeland Security Alan Bersin said.
Alan Bersin is Assistant Secretary of International Affairs and Chief Diplomatic Officer for the Department of Homeland Security.
A former commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection says the United States’ southern border is effectively now the Mexican border with Guatemala.
Alan Bersin said the level of cooperation and collaboration between the United States and Mexico on border security issues is incredibly strong and will ensure prosperity for both countries in the years ahead.
And, he said, the “real action,” economically, in the world will be in North America, thanks to the oil and gas resources of Canada, the United States, and Mexico.
“This is a terrific period,” Bersin said, at a reception hosted by the United States-Mexico Chamber of Commerce on Wednesday evening.
Bersin is currently Assistant Secretary of International Affairs and Chief Diplomatic Officer for the Department of Homeland Security. He oversees the Department’s international engagement and serves as the principal advisor to Secretary Janet Napolitano on all international affairs.
As Commissioner of CBP, Bersin oversaw the operations of CBP’s 57,000-employee work force and managed an operating budget of more than $11 billion. Before this he was DHS’s Assistant Secretary for International Affairs and Special Representative for Border Affairs, informally known as the “Border Czar.”
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