McAllen Mayor Jim Darling’s reframing of the immigration crisis on the border landed him among the March 2021 Top Ten political officials from Rising LoneStars, a website that recognizes exceptional acts of leadership and provides information about local and state public officials. As national news outlets repeatedly ran headlines describing a “crisis at the border,” Darling presented an alternative interpretation of the country’s immigration situation. Darling described the situation as a “crisis in Washington,” in which he said three successive administrations have failed to find a solution to the influx of unaccompanied minors and undocumented immigrants crossing the southern border. The mayor also ...