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Border violence not 'out of control'
Posted: 31 Jan 2011 11:47 AM PST
Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano said a few hours ago in El Paso, Texas, that the U.S. border with Mexico is not “overrun with violence and out of control.”
Napolitano, speaking to students at the University of Texas, El Paso, said the media exaggerate reports of border violence.
“We are deeply concerned about the drug cartel violence taking place in Mexico. We know that these drug organizations are seeking to undermine the rule of law in Northern Mexico and that we must guard against spillover effects into the United States,” Napolitano said.
“Nonetheless, it is inaccurate to state, as too many have, that the border is overrun with violence and out of control. This statement—often made only to score political points—is just plain wrong. Not only does it ignore all of the statistical evidence, it also belittles the significant progress that effective law enforcement has made to protect this border and the people who live alongside it,” she said.
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