arizona: I ask this because some people have been telling me that Arizona Politicians have either been lying or exaggerating numbers regarding illegal immigrant crime. Some have even gone as far as saying that "we are being held hostage". So is this is true, there should be plenty of violent crime reported within the last two weeks right? So how much violent crime has been reported? I'm looking for facts backed with credible source, not assumptions or made up stories. Thanks in advance.|||The state's overall crime rate dropped 12% last year; between 2004 and 2008 it plunged 23%. In the metro area of its largest city, Phoenix, violent crime 鈥?encompassing murder, rape, assault and robbery 鈥?fell by a third during the past decade and by 17% last year. The border city of Nogales, an area rife with illegal immigration and drug trafficking, hasn't logged a single murder in the past two years. "There's a real disconnect between emotions and facts when it comes to the border," says El Paso city councilman Beto O'Rourke. "You've got a lot of politicians exploiting this fear that the Mexicans are coming over to kill us."|||Google shows 375 articles..... http://www.google.com/search?client=fire鈥?/a>|||Since the racist la raza nazi KKKlan with a Tan MESSYcans heard that that GREAT law in Arizona passed and has such HUGE support among all loyal Americans. Their laying low. But just give them time. Soon they'll be back to their nation pastime. Kidnapping and murdering.|||Very little.... Obama has put the word out to his various new outlets that it is not to be talked about....