'It's Not a War Zone': Val Verde County's Conservative Democratic Sheriff on Misinformation, Immigration

'It's Not a War Zone': Val Verde County's Conservative Democratic Sheriff on Misinformation, Immigration

The U.S.-Mexico border is perhaps the most widely discussed and poorly understood region in the country. MAGA influencers and nationalistic politicians have inaccurately portrayed border communities as dangerous crime hotspots akin to a warzone and overwhelmed by asylum-seekers. In reality, border communities—at least on the U.S. side—are some of the country’s safest. Joe Frank Martinez (Courtesy/Val Verde County Sheriff’s Office) Joe Frank Mar…