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August 13, 2010

Poll: Majority of Border Residents Feel Safe
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The vote comes on the heels of a poll this week showing the majority of
residents in US towns bordering Mexico feel their communities are safe.
The group that commissioned the poll, the Border Network for Human
Rights, says it’s the first independent survey of border-town residents.
Over 86 percent of respondents said they feel safe in their daily
activities and nearly 70 percent said they feel they’re as safe as in
any community in the United States. In a statement, Fernando García of
the Border Network for Human Rights said, "It is time to rethink our
border policy by increasing the quality and accountability of border
enforcement, not the quantity of armed agents and soldiers."



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