Just a false perception. But have fun playing here. 
My family is filled with Federal Agents, including my father (killed in the line of duty), two uncles, brother, and brother-in-law for starters. A dozen of the kids I grew up with are with ICE, USBP, the Marshal Service, and Texas Rangers, among others. People get busted down here all the time for voter fraud along with backdating birth certificates via the black market to get people citizenship--and a thousand other things you don't even see in the movies.
Brig Marmolejo. Start there and work your way outward. Nigeria has nothing on corruption compared to the RGV. It's our Gold Medal Olympic sport.