El Paso, Home Sweet Home

Mexico Builds Border Wall To Keep Out US Assholes

Radley Balko explores the connection between immigration and safety:

"If you want to find a safe city, first determine the size of the immigrant population," says Jack Levin, a criminologist at Northeastern University in Massachusetts. "If the immigrant community represents a large proportion of the population, you're likely in one of the country's safer cities. San Diego, Laredo, El Pasothese cities are teeming with immigrants, and they're some of the safest places in the country."