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Never mind the drugs or illegals being smuggled across the border — the latest crime wave is a spike in corruption at the U.S. Customs and Border Protection agency itself.  Corruption-related arrests this year at the the federal agency responsible for policing our borders had hit 66 by April 30 and are on a pace to top 180 by the end of the year — compared to only 77 in 2011. Since 2008, the numbers have increased nearly every year, according to Charles Edwards, acting inspector general of the Department of Homeland Security.

Never mind the drugs or illegals being smuggled across the border — the latest crime wave is a spike in corruption at the U.S. Customs and Border Protection agency itself. 

Corruption-related arrests this year at the the federal agency responsible for policing our borders had hit 66 by April 30 and are on a pace to top 180 by the end of the year — compared to only 77 in 2011.

Since 2008, the numbers have increased nearly every year, according to Charles Edwards, acting inspector general of the Department of Homeland Security.

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