Dont Taz Me Bro I hear you and know, we do not suffer their burden of the border states by any means. Crime is up everywhere. I am just not sure of a national crime connection to changes at the border, though am certain it does impact Texas, New Mexico, Arizona and California. The rest of us, probably not so much. We are definitely not having an increase of crime by illegal aliens in Jackson, TN, just the usual homegrown thug class, getting out more after staying home more, due to Covid-19.
Did you know that national crime numbers go up when border state crime numbers go up because - stay with me here - WE'RE PART OF THE ******* NATION?!
No one's actually interested in hearing, "**** the border, because Tennesee's doing great, and I only care about what personally affects me".
This is a national problem for a number of reasons, but the first reason is because it was caused by a federal policy.
It would probably better if everyone reacted more to what directly affects them personally than getting in a lather about the things that do not. Of course, we are part of one nation, but that does not give you or anyone else to soap box to rile to whole nation to your cause or support. I often think, many would like a closed, fenced border, protected by armed troops, but (in my opinion) that is not what this country is mainly about, nor should it be. Fences secure enough to keep people out can also be thought of as keeping people in and have been used that way, by governments in parts of the world that many of us despise.
It has been a problem, at least as far back as the Reagan Presidency, with kick the can being the way the political problem has been played for 2 generations or more. If you think I pay too little attention to your political border issue now, I assure you I was far more concerned back in the day, about the Czech border back then, because that is where the tank tread met the trail, so to speak, when armed and fully loaded tanks are gun tube to gun tube moving parallel along a tree lined or open border.