and seen alot of folks throwing out the "crime is down in AZ, so it can't be the illegals" argument being tossed about.
Fact is about 15% of the inmates are illegal compared to about 7% of the population. There were some 1100 attacks on border patrols and about 300 kidnappings in Phoenix related to smuggling and human traffic.
These are crimes with a specific root cause and pretty specific to the border. I don't expect that the folks in DC would get it, because they don't see it there...ever.