Not really. More verification:
Despite the drug war that has claimed thousands of lives in Mexico, communities along the U.S. side of the 2,000-mile southern border have shown virtually no increase in crime for several years.
There are dozens of towns, counties and cities along the border and no single measure of crime along the whole frontier. But a review of crime statistics for the largest communities and interviews with law enforcement officials from Texas to California show that, despite a widespread perception that the violence in Mexico has spread north, U.S. border communities are fairly secure. Some have even become safer.
But the tea party, the anti-immigration people and John McCain clearly aren't beyond lying to suit their nativist agenda.
Incidentally, take a look at the border fence here. Handsome.
Adding... Here's Sarah Palin lying about border crime.