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DHS Official Says There Should Be 100 Ports Of Entry Between The U.S. And Mexico

DHS Official Urges The Doubling Of U.S.-Mexico Border Crossing Sites
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Managing Editor, HuffPost Black Voices, Latino Voices & Voces

TIJUANA, MEXICO - OCTOBER 17: Cars wait in typically long lines to enter the United States from Mexico on the morning that the US population hit the historic milestone of 300 million on October 17, 2006 in Tijuana, Mexico. The 300 millionth American, clocked in at 7:46 am according to the US Census Bureau, could have been an immigrant crossing the border, a newborn, or someone entering the US by air. US population growth has been greatly fueled the influx and higher birth rate of Latinos and other immigrants in recent decades. This border crossing from Tijuana to San Ysidro, California is the world's busiest border crossing. (Photo by David McNew/Getty Images)
TIJUANA, MEXICO - OCTOBER 17: Cars wait in typically long lines to enter the United States from Mexico on the morning that the US population hit the historic milestone of 300 million on October 17, 2006 in Tijuana, Mexico. The 300 millionth American, clocked in at 7:46 am according to the US Census Bureau, could have been an immigrant crossing the border, a newborn, or someone entering the US by air. US population growth has been greatly fueled the influx and higher birth rate of Latinos and other immigrants in recent decades. This border crossing from Tijuana to San Ysidro, California is the world's busiest border crossing. (Photo by David McNew/Getty Images)

Saying “we are all border-landers,” Alan Bersin told members of the U.S.-Mexico Border Mayors Association on Friday that the number of ports of entry between the two countries needs to more than double to 100.

Bersin—the former superintendent of San Diego Unified School District now serving as the assistant secretary of international affairs for the Department of Homeland Security—kicked off the third binational summit of the U.S.-Mexico Border Mayors Association alongside San Diego Mayor Jerry Sanders and Tijuana Mayor Carlos Bustamante.

Bersin spoke to a group of 22 mayors—13 from the U.S. and nine from Mexico—and said the relationships formed between the two countries will shape the “future” of the North American economy.

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