Val Verde County leaders deny militia's request for endorsement

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DEL RIO -- Both Val Verde County Judge Lewis G. Owens Jr. and Sheriff Joe Frank Martinez said Tuesday they wouldn’t endorse the work of a north Texas militia in Val Verde County.

The Patriots For America Militia has been conducting operations on private property in neighboring Kinney County for several months, saying their goal is to help residents feel safer amid the unprecedented flow of immigrants illegally crossing the Texas-Mexico border.

On Tuesday, Samuel Hall, founder and president of Patriots For America Militia, asked for endorsement from Val Verde County Commissioners Court for similar operations in Val Verde County.

Hall spoke to the court during the “citizen comments” portion of the agenda.

“We’ve been working a lot in Kinney County, working closely with Sheriff (Brad) Coe over there and the residents in that county for the last two-and-a-half, almost three months. We’ve been doing great work, commissioners. We’ve been making a big difference,” Hall told the court.

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1. "unprecedented flow"?

So how many are there? What makes this an "unprecedented flow"?

and how many legal residents has this militia harassed because they look non-white or speak with an accent?

[TexasTowelie]

2. There were about 15,000 Haitian immigrants under the Rio Grande river bridge a few months ago.

Obviously, there is no data regarding the number of residents who have been harassed or detained because of this group. The news coverage in this part of the state is nearly non-existent and will almost certainly contain some bias.