© Russian Emergencies Ministry
"The bodies of 17 deceased people have been found, 27 people were rescued, 15 of them were hospitalized," the ministry official said. "Nine people are being taken to the same hospital."
The official said search and rescue efforts are ongoing to find one person whose fate remains unknown.
Initially, a source in the local emergencies services told Sputnik that twelve people were confirmed dead, while 20 were rescued. The source also said earlier that three people were missing.
Comment: So the answer may be 'yes'; increased border security correlates with fewer crimes and higher wages. At the very least, we have a correlation of the official unemployment rate and the official illegal immigration rate both being at their lowest in 17 years. Which takes us back to just before 9/11, which is curious in itself.
The problem with sorting a signal from the noise is that statisticians, economists, analysts, etc are ideologically-indoctrinated against drawing such conclusions, so even the raw data is likely skewed.
Even the MSM agrees that the US economy has 'perked up' since Trump took office. Will this translate to real wage growth and secure employment in (real) jobs for US citizens? That remains to be seen. The powers ranged against Trump are not above hurting the US economy just to hurt the public's perception of him.