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Violent Crimes Dropped 5.4% Nationwide for First Half of 2013, Showing More Positive Trends

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Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Violent crimes dropped by 5.4% in the first half of 2013, compared with the same period in 2013, the New York Times reports. The decline is part of a long reduction in violent crime nationwide. According to the FBI statistics, property crimes also fell. “We have had almost 25 years of a…

Beefed-up Border Patrol Making Progress in Securing U.S. Border

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Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Arrests of migrants are at their lowest level since the 1970s because of increased security, the LA Times reports. Since 1986, the number of U.S. Border Patrol agents rose 3,222 to 18,500 today, the LA Times reported. The result: Less crime and more economic development for border towns. “We have gone above…