June 20, 2010 2:44PM 

# Crime Dropping in Arizona — You Read It Here First 

By [David Boaz](https://www.cato.org/people/david-boaz) 

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Despite the claims of immigration opponents such as Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer, the rate of violent crime at the border and across Arizona has been dropping in the past few years, [the New York Times reports](http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/20/us/20crime.html?scp=1&sq=border%20crime&st=cse) — a fact you could have read here at Cato@Liberty back on [April 27](https://www.cato.org/2010/04/27/misguided-fears-of-crime-fuel-arizona-immigration-law/) and [May 25](https://www.cato.org/2010/05/25/new-crime-stats-contradict-anti-immigrant-hype/).

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