The vote comes on the heels of a poll this week showing the majority of residents in US towns bordering Mexico feel their communities are safe. The group that commissioned the poll, the Border Network for Human Rights, says it’s the first independent survey of border-town residents. Over 86 percent of respondents said they feel safe in their daily activities and nearly 70 percent said they feel they’re as safe as in any community in the United States. In a statement, Fernando García of the Border Network for Human Rights said, “It is time to rethink our border policy by increasing the quality and accountability of border enforcement, not the quantity of armed agents and soldiers.”