DHS Secretary: Border is Safer Now Than Ever

 
U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano visited the U.S.-Mexico border on Thursday. “There is a perception that the border is worse now than it ever has been,” Napolitano said at the Bridge of The Americas border crossing in El Paso, Texas, the Associated Press reports. “That is wrong. The border is better now than it ever has been.”   The perception that violent crime in Mexico is spilling into teh United States is false, Napolitano and local leaders said. Violent crime rates have remained flat or decreased in Southwest border communities, Napalitano said. 

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