"The Seattle area alone has over 24,000 registered sex offenders...
and they are legal residents."
Partly because the illegal ones are (more and more) getting deported
under "Operation Predator".
http://www.lincolntribune.com/modules/news/article.php?storyid=4244
It's a program that was fairly unsung...until two US government officials
were caught doing things they shouldn't have been doin'.
And I'm just posting for further clarification...and to note one
thing the guvmint might just be doin' right.
Impressive numbers. I noticed Washington State isn't on the list where the program hit. Not surprising, most convicted sex offenders there are repeat offenders and they'll get out again. Sadly enough, about the only time abuse becomes an issue in the Seattle area is when the victim's a small animal...then the public is outraged.