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As Washington, D.C. debates whether or not a wall will stop the flow of illegal immigration from Mexico to the United States, one Arizona county sheriff says it led to a dramatic 91 percent reduction in crime.
“The fence worked here. It may not work in New Mexico, I can only talk about my area. But [politicians should] defer to the Border Patrol experts,” Yuma County Sheriff Leon Wilmot told Fox News. “They know the situation.”
In 2006, President George W. Bush passed the Secure Fence Act which had a tremendous impact in Yuma County. In 2015, Fox News reported a 96 percent reduction in apprehensions due to a 20-foot tall steel fence and manpower being tripled. Wilmot was a deputy during that time but saw the impact firsthand.
“It was a 91 percent drop,” Wilmot said. “It obviously helped us curb some of the criminal activity that we unfortunately had to deal with.”
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[–] Stonenchizel [S] ago
Well @WhisperingPine if President Trump keeps the government shut down, he is just proving the point that Republican's have been stating for years , that big government is a waste of money and surely not needed like the Democrats have stated over and over.
[–] WhisperingPine 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
Well it has waken alot of people that have left the DemonRats party for the facts they do not participate in anything to better this country. so it is showing americans what they truly are