CLEVELAND, Texas — Mario Carranza put a mobile home on a $28,000 lot in Colony Ridge, one of the biggest neighborhoods in Texas, lured by cheap land and the chance for his family to escape the crime h
e says was rampant around their apartment in nearby Houston. “Here, we are good,” said Carranza, 65, who now drives about an hour to his maintenance job in a Houston suburb. But his quiet neighborhood is now in an unwelcome national spotlight. For weeks in Texas, conservative media and GOP activists have been pushing unsubstantiated claims that Colony Ridge has become a magnet for immigrants living in the U.S. illegally and that cartels control pockets of the neighborhood.
Come on man,” Harris said. “These are families that want a better place to raise their kids. They want better schools for their kids. They want better opportunities for their children” The development first broke ground 20 years ago, leaving some in Liberty County puzzled by the timing of the recent scrutiny. The area neighbors San Jacinto County, where in April a Mexican national allegedly killed five of his Honduran neighbors.
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