Oh look, the border isn’t crime ridden
by digby
I know the president would like Americans to believe that the border is “infested” with crime but he’s lying as usual. This article about the most violent Texas cities tells the tale:
Border cities get a bad rap as violent, but the Rio Grande Valley is extremely safe. Of the 24 Texas metro areas ranked by the FBI, Brownsville comes in dead last, with 240 incidents of violent crime per 100,000 people. Nearby McAllen comes in at #18, with 286 per 100,000.
This tracks with what many of the residents are saying all over TV too. They say there is no crisis and that things were pretty placid, at least until Trump and Sessions decided to divide the country once again.
There are, of course, total fascists who are getting on TV and praising the “gung ho” border patrol types who have “taken off the gloves.” But they’re liars too.
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