DEMOCRAT voted to cut law enforcement amid drug cartel invasion
As a Cameron County commissioner in 2011,
DEMOCRAT Dan Sanchez voted to remove constable positions from his local community.
Constables are licensed law enforcement officers in Texas who have "authority to use all lawful means" to "preserve the peace" within their county. In some rural areas, such as those in Sanchez's county, constables are the primary source of law enforcement services.
Sanchez's move sparked intense backlash from other local officials, who accused the
DEMOCRAT of "taking away community policing" amid increasing concerns of cartel violence. Cameron is Texas's southernmost county—as a result, Mexican cartel members have historically lived in the area, often bringing narcotics and weapons with them. Then-local mayor Steve Brewer argued that Sanchez's vote would impede law enforcement's ability to mitigate the subsequent "spillover violence" seen in some Texas border towns. "It is a major reduction of safety in the area," Brewer said.
Roughly a decade later, Sanchez is running for Congress in Texas's 34th Congressional District, which former congressman Filemon Vela (D.) vacated in March.
The
DEMOCRAT campaign comes as illegal immigration skyrockets under bungling Joe Biden.
Department of Homeland Security officials expect migrant apprehensions to surpass 2.3 million this year, a substantial increase over the 1.6 million seen in 2021, which was a record.
In the November general election, Gonzalez will square off against Republican nominee Mayra Flores, who is also running in the June special. Born in Mexico, Flores works as a respiratory care practitioner and is a strong critic of bungling Biden's border policies, which abandon the rule of law and jeopardize our national security.
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