Politics

Border Crime Wave Is Just a Right-Wing Fantasy

NUMBERS DON’T LIE

The police chief of McAllen, Texas, says violence has gone down year after year since 2010—no matter what the fearmongers are selling.

Michael Daly
Michael Daly 

Special Correspondent

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Michael Daly

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