Brazos Interfaith helps valley immigrants (part 1 or 3)

TURNERAS H MORE.IF YOU THINK IMMIGRANTS HAVEVASTLY DIFFERENT VALUES THANMOST AMERICANS...YOU'D BEWRONG, SAYS SOCORRO HERNANDEZ.ONE POSSIBLE EXCEPTION, HERDESIRE TO BECOME AN AMERIC.AN"FOR ME TO BECOME A CITIZEN OFTHIS GREAT COUNTRY AND YOUKNOW, GO AND DO MORE, NOTJUST, YOU KNOW, FOR ME, BUTTHEN, FUTURE GENERATIONSND AR FOMY, FOR MY CHILDREN, ."DOING MORE... MAY SOUND ALITTLE "FOREIGN" TO THOSE OFUS BORN HERE, BUT MANY OF THEIMMIGRANTS WHO'VE SETTLED INTEXAS Y,SA THEY WANT TO "GEIVBACK" TO THE COUNTRY TTHAHELPED THEM SUCCEED.IMMIGRATION TO AMERICA FROMMEXICO HAD STEADILY DECLEDINFOR YEARS.

WORDS WHAT CORNEROF THE WORLD HOLDS THE TOPSPOT FOR IMMIGRATION IN THISCOUNTRY?

THEAT LEST FIGURESFROM THE BIPARTISAN POLICYCENTER SAY ASIA.

NOW LEADSWITH CHI TNAHE TOP COUNTRYF OORIGIN FOR NEW IMMIGRATION IN2018, FOLLOWED BY INDIA.LIKELY ONE OF THE REASONSGOVERNOR ABBOTT ISSUED THISPROCLAMATION (LATE LAST WEEK,)HONORING INDIA'S INDEPENDENCEFROM BRITISH COLONIAL RULE.

SOMANY CHINESE WANT TO GET INTOTHIS COUNTRY, THEY'LL INVESTTHEIR LIFE SAVINGS IN A S.U.BUSINESS... ALL TO SKIP THEIMMIGRATION LINE, AND EARN ANE-2 VISA, GRANTED TO THOSE WHOINVEST ABOUT HF ALA MILLION ORMORE.

MY 2013 INVESTIGATIONINTO MISSISSIPPI'SNOW-NKBARUPT "GREENTECH"AUTOMOTIVE, SHOWED HOW ANXIOUSTHE CHINESE WERE TO GET OUTFROM UNDER COMMUNIST RULE.GREENTECH ASKED THE THEN MORAYOF HORN LAKE MISSISSIPPI, NATBAKER TO HELP SELL THE COMNYPAON A TRIP TO CHINA.

LATER,INVESTIGATIONS BY THE MEDIAAND THE GOVERNMENT, TURNED UPINFORMATION THAT SUGGESTEDGREENTECH, RUN AT THE TIME BYFORMER DEMOCRATIC PARTYOPERATIVE TERRY MCCAULIFFEWITH THE HELP OF HUGH RODHAM,THE FORMER FIRST LADY'SBROTHER, SPENT AS MUCH OR MORETIME "MARKETING" SPECIAL VISATO CHINESE WHO INVESTED INGREENTECH , THAN THEY EVER DIDON MAKING CARBON NEUTRAL CARS.MANY DOUBT THE FAIRLY RECENTRUSH OF SOUTH AND CENTRALAMERICANS TRYING TO ENTER THISCOUNTY HAS CAUGHT UP TO THEHUGE NUMBERS COMING IN, FROMASIA.

JAIMIE WASHBURN, WHOHEADS UP THE BRAZOS INTERFAITHIMMIGRATION NETWORK, DESCRIBESHERNANDEZ AS.... TYPICAL.

"OH,THEY USUALLY COME FROM PLACESTHAT ARE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS.FOR EXAMPLE, IN CENTRALAMR EXAMPLE, IN CENTRALERICA, YOU KNOW, HONDURASAND EL SALVADOR AND GUATEMALAAND WHERE THERE'S LOTS OFGANGS, THERE'S LOTS OF POVERTYTHEY LITERALLY HAVE NO WORK.AND THEY JUST WANT TO PUT FOODON THE TABLE JUST LIKE EVERYOTHER PARENT IN THE WORLD.."AND THE PAY THEY OFTEN GET INTHIS COUNTRY FREQUENTLY EQUALSWHAT THEY EARN IEDN THEIR HOMECOUNTRY, TIMES AS MANY AS TENOR MORE.

SOME SAY, THEY CANMAKE IN A SINGLE HOUR HE,REWHAT BACK HOME WOULD TAKE AWEEK.

AND ALTHOUGH THEY CANSOMETIMES END UP SUPPORTING ANENTIRE EXTENDED FAMILY INTHEIR HOMETOWN, THOSE CLOSE TOTHEM SAY, ALMOST ERYVE ONE HASTHE INTENTION OF GOING BACK...EVENTUALLY.

"THEIR ONLY OPTIONIS TO GET TO A PLACE THAT THEYCAGEN T A JOB, A LOT OF.

THEYKNOW THAT AMERICA IS THE PCELATO GO FOR JOB OPPORTUNITIESAND ALWAYS WANT TO GO HOME,THEY ALWAYS COME HERE WI THETHINTENTION OF GOING HOME,BECAUSE YOU KNOW THEY WANT TOBE CLOSE TO THE FAMILY BECAUSEHAVING TO LEAVE BEING FAMILYIS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING INTHEIR CULTURE RIGHT AND SOHAVING TO LEAVE THE FAMILY ISREALLY REALLY DIFFICULT ANDSO, THEIR GOAL IS TO ALWAYSGET HOME.." THOSE THAT CAN,DO.

BUT UNDOCUMENTED WORKERS,FEAR GETTING CAUGHT CRNGOSSITHE BORDER, AND GETTING"TRAPPED" HERE.

ANOTHER FE?AREMPLOYERS WHO TAKE ADVANTAGEWASHBURN SAYS, SOMETIMES,CIRCUMSTANCES KEEPOM SE HERELONGER THAN PLANNED, SINCETHEY PROVIDE VITAL SUPPORT TOTHEIR FAMILY BACK HOMEMEANTIME, HERNANDEZ SAYS SHE'SREADY TO TAKE THE PLUNGE..TO.PUT DOWN ROOTS AND BECOME ANAMERICAN... FOR THE FUTUREF OHER FAMILY.

"FOR MY CHILDREN,I HAVE ONE KID BUT FOR HIM TOBE ANYTHING THATE HCAN BEND ATAKE, YOU KNOW, ANYOPPORTUNITY THAT COMES HIS WAYTO DO ANY GOOD." BECAUSETHROUGH IT ALL, IT'S ALL SHE'SEVER WANTED IN THE FIRSTPLACE.

IN BRAZOS COUNTY,DENNIS TNEURR 25S.