Immigration Stat of the Week

"...[T]he six largest southwestern border cities have lower crime rates -- and, specifically, lower rates of murder, rape, robbery and burglary -- than the six largest cities in Ohio, home state of Republican House Speaker John A. Boehner, whose spokesman said last week that immigration reform was dead until violence at the border was checked." -- Rep. Silvestre Reyes (D-TX), via today's Kaplan Daily editorial excoriating Rethugs for their fear-mongering distortions on immigration.