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On the Arizona Boarder---violent crime has been declining

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

On Border Violence, Truth Pales Compared to Ideas By RANDAL C. ARCHIBOLD NY Times June 19, 2010 When Representative Gabrielle Giffords, Democrat of Arizona, announced that the Obama administration would send as many as 1,200 additional National Guard troops to bolster security at the Mexican border, she held up a photograph of Robert Krentz, a mild-mannered rancher who was shot to death this year on his vast property. The authorities suspected that the culprit was linked to smuggling. ?Robert Krentz really is the face behind the violence at the U.S.-Mexico border,? Ms. Giffords said. It is a connection that those who support stronger enforcement of immigration laws and tighter borders often make: rising crime at the border necessitates tougher enforcement...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog on June 20, 2010 (boomark / email).