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Impacts of immigration in Texas

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Impacts of immigration in Texas
Impacts of immigration in Texas

IT'S SOMETHING THAT AFFESCTALL OF TEXAS -- IMMIGRATION.GOOD MORNING, I'M JOEY HORTA.AND I'M PAIGE ELLENBERGER.ACCORDING TO DA ATFROM THEU.S. CENSUS -- IT'S BECOMINGMORE IMPORTANT WITH MORE NEWAMERICANS COMING TO THE STATE.25 NEWS INVESTIGATOR DENSNITURNERAS H MORE.IF YOU THINK IMMIGRANTS HAVEVASTLY DIFFERENT VALUES THANMOST AMERICANS...YOU'D BEWRONG, SAYS SOCORRO HERNANDEZ.ONE POSSIBLE EXCEPTIONHE,DESIRE TO BECOME AN AMERIC."FOR ME TO BECOME A CITIZEN OFTHIS GREAT COUNTRY ANDOU YKNOW, GO AND DO MORE, NOTJUST, YOU KNOW, FOR MEBU,THEN, FUTURE GENERATIONSND AR FOMY, FOR MY CHILDREN, ."DOING MORE... MAY SOUNADLITTLE "FOREIGN" TO THOSE OFUS BORN HERE, BUT MANYF TH OIMMIGRANTS WHO'VE SETTLED INTEXAS SAY, THEY WANT TO "GEIVBACK" TO THE COUNTRY THAHELPED THEM SUCCD.IMMIGRATION TO AMERICA FROMMEXICO HAD STEADILY DECLINEDFOR YEARS.

WORDS WHAT CORNEROF THE WORLD HOLDS T THESPOT FOR IMMIGRATION IN ISTHCOUNTRY?

THEAT LEST FIGURESFROM THE BIPARTISAN POLICYCENTER SAY ASIA.

NOW LEADSWITH CHINA THE TOP COUNTRYF OORIGIN FOR NEW IMMIGRATI ION2018, FOLLOWED BY INDIA.LIKELY ONE OF THE REASONSGOVERNOR ABBOTT ISSUED THISPROCLAMATION (LATE LAST WEEK,)HONORING INDIA'S INDEPENNCDEFROM BRITISH COLONIAL RULE.

SOMANY CHINESE WANT TO GET INTOTHIS COUNTRY, THEY'LL INVESTTHEIR LIFE SINGSAV IN A S.U.BUSINESS... ALL TO SKIP THEIMMIGRATION LINE, AND EARN ANE-2 VISA, GRANTED TO THOSEHO WINVEST 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 TH MORENOF HORN LAKE MISSISSIPPI, NATBAKER TO HELP SELL THEOMNY CON 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 CNEHISE 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 NUMBE CRSOMING IN, FROMASIA.

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

"OH,THEY USUALLY COME FROM PLACESTHAT ARE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS.FOR EXAME,PL IN CENTRALAMERICA, 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 JUSLIT KE EVERYOTHER PARENT IN THE WORLD.."AND THE PAY THEY OFTEN GET INTHIS COUNTRY FREQUENTLY EQLSUAWHAT THEY EARN IEDN THEIR HOMECOUNTRY, TIMES AS MANY ATESOR MORE.

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

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

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

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

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

ANOTHER FE?AREMPLOYERS WHO TAKE ADVANTAGEWASHBURN SAYS, SOMETIMES,CIRCUMSTANCES KEEP SOME HERELONGER THAN PLANNED, SINCETHEY PROVIDE VITAL SUPPO TRTTHEIR FAMILY BACK HOMEMEANTIME, HERNANDEZ SAYS SHE'SREADY TO TAKE THE PLUNGE..TOPUT DOWN ROOTS AND BECOME ANAMERICAN... FOR THE FUTUREFHER FAMILY.

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

IN BRAZOS COUY,NTDENNIS TURNER 25

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