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GOP Attorneys General Tout Crime Crackdown as Democrats Push Bail Reforms

Republican attorneys general noted steep declines in violent crime and drug overdose deaths as they gathered in Washington on Wednesday.

The Republican Attorneys General Association released findings ahead of the press conference touting numbers that Iowa has seen a 46% reduction in fentanyl deaths since its 2022 peak, while violent sex crimes are down 50% in the state.

In Kansas, fentanyl deaths dropped 17% since 2022, while in West Virginia deaths dropped by 25%.

Overall, crime hit a historic low in Kansas, Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach said at the National Press Club. The event was held by the Republican Attorneys General Association.

He also noted state law enforcement is working with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to remove illegal immigrant offenders.

“We immediately started looking for aliens, illegal aliens hiding in plain sight. We looked at our offender registries,” Kobach said. “Every state has tens of thousands of sex offenders who must register where they are living. And these people are available on the internet, public record. We started going through those things, and we had found........

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