Several local officials pushed back against allegations that a housing community north of Houston was filled with a large number of migrants living in Texas...
Witnesses pushed back on allegations the housing development is filled with a large number of undocumented immigrants.AUSTIN — Several local officials pushed back against allegations that a housing community north of Houston was filled with a large number of migrants living in Texas illegally. The officials told a House panel several of the rumors related to the area are false.“Why the hell are we here?” GOP Rep. Jay Dean of Longview asked one of the developers of Colony Ridge.
Knight dismissed the “colonia” allegation. Rader told lawmakers that there had not been an arrest related to drug cartels in three years.Abbott previously said that legislative committees could find out whether the allegations are true by inviting state and local officials to testify.But some hard-right elected officials have still asked the legislature to take the reports seriously and investigate them.
Babin’s letter alleged state and local law enforcement treat the area as a “no-go zone” and, because of that, there is more illegal activity taking place.But Department of Public Safety Director Col. Steve McCraw told lawmakers that a “no-go zone” — an area avoided because of safety risks — does not exist in Texas.The agency has seen more crimes over the same period in parts of the Austin area that have a population similar to Liberty County’s, McCraw said.
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