Texas sheriff proposes bipartisan solution to border issue

(The Center Square) – As Congress debates Department of Homeland Security funding, bipartisan support could be reached in one area: establishing federal responsibility for recovering dead bodies in border communities, a South Texas sheriff argues.

Brooks County Sheriff Benny Martinez, chairman of the Texas Border Sheriffs Coalition and founding member of an Operation Lone Star Task Force, has already proposed a solution.

Martinez previously called on former DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas to establish federal responsibility to recover and identify deceased illegal border crossers. The plea fell on deaf ears, he told The Center Square in an exclusive interview. Martinez is hoping the Trump administration and Congress will make necessary regulatory and statutory changes to address an issue he’s been dealing with since the Obama administration.

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