Weslaco
Americannoun
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WESLACO, Texas—At Monte Cielo, a new housing development in this growing region of South Texas, half-built homes are sitting empty.
Hidalgo County, which comprises some 22 cities including Weslaco, McAllen and Mission, is growing at twice the rate of the U.S. as a whole, according to census data, from 870,000 people in 2020 to 915,000 people in 2025.
At Monte Cielo and another development down the road in Weslaco, Johnny Vasquez, executive officer of the Rio Grande Valley Builders Association, observed flaws in newly lain sidewalk, saying that the immigration raids are leading to poor quality of work because workers with decades of experience are arrested and contractors scramble for inexperienced replacements.
“We are waiting for them to come back home,” Maria Guadalupe Ramirez, 27, told KRGV-TV in Weslaco.
From Seattle Times
In Texas, Mr. Banks is a former agent in charge of the Border Patrol Weslaco Station who has three decades of experience in law enforcement, according to the governor.
From Washington Times
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