In the dense, damp forests northeast of Houston, a pair of brothers hit on a viable real estate business model: Offer plots of cheap land and unconventional loans for people who wanted to build their own houses, with few restrictions.
The concept took off, not least among the large population of immigrants lacking permanent legal status in Texas, who often do not have the legal paperwork needed for most bank loans.
The Colony Ridge community, whose first residents moved in a decade ago, is now home to 40,000 people or more, with plans to more than double in size.
Over the years, its swift growth and predominantly Hispanic population drew opposition from the mostly white residents of a small nearby town and some local officials, who lodged complaints and filed lawsuits. Opponents spray-painted “Build that wall” on one of the developer’s billboards after Donald Trump’s election. One sent a desiccated chicken foot — and a note describing a voodoo hex — as a warning to the county judge.
But with a new wave of migrants arriving at the southern border in recent weeks, the sprawling development has become a lightning rod for conservatives in the state and highlighted a growing tension within the Republican Party: those who focus on business freedom and others determined to control the border.
Why are Republicans so incredibly racist
Because Nixon and his Southern Strategy showed them that courting angry white racists in the wake of desegregation was a viable strategy to get a rabidly dedicated voting base. Unfortunately for the GOP as the decades passed and it became increasingly more fringe and increasingly less socially acceptable to hold those kinds of opinions in private let alone in public the economic conservatives that used to form a key part of the core of their party have increasingly been driven to the edges or even out of the party entirely. Making things worse for them Reagan came along pushing his trickle down economics policies that even at the time weren’t looked at very favorably by economists and have only been even more thoroughly debunked since, but which the GOP and their supporters latched onto as it’s a convenient excuse for constantly reducing taxes on the rich and removing corporate regulations.
Now the GOP has painted themselves into a corner where their base consists almost exclusively of angry ignorant racists, and the so-closely-related-that-their-venn-diagram-is-practically-a-circle evangelical Christians, with a smattering of the ultra wealthy that like not having to pay taxes or deal with pesky things like environmental protection laws, labor laws, or consumer protection laws. While each of those groups is powerful in their own way, what they aren’t is growing, in fact quite the opposite. Which no matter how dedicated they are is a problem to the survival of the GOP, particular as those groups demand ever greater shows of support and loyalty to their causes that drive more and more people away from the GOP.
I thought they liked bootstraps though
“Don’t Tread on Me” and like that
“It’s all racism?”
“Always was.” 🌎👨🚀🔫👨🚀
One sent a desiccated chicken foot — and a note describing a voodoo hex — as a warning to the county judge.
So… how did that work out for the sender?
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Harris invited lawmakers, and state officials including Abbott, to tour the development Thursday and said 15 to 20 had accepted the invitation. Abbott — whose campaigns have received $1.4 million in donations from Harris since 2018 — was not among them. An Abbott spokesperson did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Harris said he was not sure if his development will be included on the special session’s call, but that he was working on gathering facts that refute the allegations to send to lawmakers.
“When they see that, this whole thing might just go away,” he said.
He said he believes that Abbott is “a good guy” who made a mistake by not gathering information before talking about the development publicly.
“I think he’s gonna know he made a mistake when the facts come out about what’s really going on here,” he said. “I’m curious to see how he reacts when he finds out he’s got egg on his face.”
https://www.texastribune.org/2023/10/04/texas-colony-ridge-immigration-developer/
This area is reportedly home to tens of thousands of illegal migrants, and rampant drug smuggling. Many homes are not built to code, and have no access to running water, electricity, or sewage. The entire area is basically a favela at this point. It needs to be shut down. No modern country should permit this.
What are you basing these claims on? Do you have a credible source to share?
Many homes are not built to code, and have no access to running water, electricity, or sewage.
Geez, these immigrants are a problem because the government failed to bring basic services to the area. Got it, that makes sense.
These are rumors; but they are also responsible for the rain that is now falling and also any wildfire. And they are also taking ourrrrjjooovbsssss
The whole community is 40k people. If there’s really 10s of thousands of illegal migrants as you claim (over 50% of the population) I’m sure it will get raided soon.
And if there’s really no water, electricity, etc, and there are children living there especially, the humane thing to do is help them.
Don’t you agree?
Surely the state of Texas should insure people have those things, in their homes, right?
Sounds like this whole community is built by one developer, so I imagine they are built to code and have basic utilities. Unless you have something that indicates otherwise?
Ok, so shut it down. And for those people who are Americans, kick them out of their homes with no compensation. Make them homeless. Put their family on the street.
No?
