By many measures, Arizona has become safer since illegal immigrants began pouring into the state in the 1990s.
Crime has dropped all across the country since then, but the decrease has been as fast or faster in Arizona. The rate of property crimes in the state, for example, has plummeted 43% since 1995, compared with 30% nationwide.
Again, as the layers of contradictory or outright false talking points are exposed, all that's left is a bill that's intended to pander to the angry white vote.