Statement From Travis County Sheriff Candidate Joe Martinez

Candidate Joe Martinez: Hernandez Bringing Sanctuary City Dallas Sheriff Valdez to Austin -- Sheriff Valdez and Candidate Hernandez Both Want to Disobey Federal Law and Endanger Public Safety Texas Insider Report: AUSTIN Texas Republican candidate for Travis County Sheriff Joe Martinez released the following statement on Democratic candidate for Travis County Sheriff Sally Hernandez bringing Dallas County Sheriff Lupe Valdez to Austin to campaign for her:

Several months ago Dallas County Sheriff Lupe Valdez announced she would make Dallas a Sanctuary City and Texas Governor Greg Abbott the citizens of Dallas and the Texas Legislature rightly reacted with ferocious anger and opposition. Sheriff Valdezs unwise decision threatens all of Dallas County and its residents from millions of dollars in state funding if the legislature acts to defund Sanctuary Cities beginning in January as expected. Sheriff Valdez now says she personally determines on a case by case basis whether she will enforce federal immigration laws which is utterly ridiculous and lawless. Sheriff Hernandez the Democratic candidate for Travis County Sheriff here in Austin has pledged to follow Sheriff Valdezs example and has promised to kick ICE out of the jails in Travis County. They can lock arms in making their communities less safe threatening the loss of millions of dollars in state funding for their communities if they wish. I will join with Democratic Travis County Sheriff Greg Hamilton and a majority of Travis County residents in my promise not to make Austin a Sanctuary City. That is the stark choice in this election.