CNSNEWS: Rep. Henry Cuellar: ‘The Border Is Safer Than Washington, D.C.’
Washington,
June 2, 2016
Rep. Henry Cuellar: ‘The Border Is Safer Than Washington, D.C.’
(CNSNews.com) – Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-Texas) told C-SPAN’s “Washington Journal” on Thursday that the U.S.-Mexico border is safer than the nation’s capital. “So they have this perception – people that run for national office, some people that run for state office – always paint the border as the flashpoint, and that’s what they use as a punching bag, but if you look at this border, it’s safe, and it certainly creates a lot of jobs for – not only for us here, but across the nation,” Cuellar added. According to the Federal Bureau of Investigations, there were only 105 murders and non-negligent manslaughter in Washington, D.C., at a rate of 15.9 per 100,000 inhabitants in 2014 – the latest year of available data. |