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Article: IMMIGRANTS SEND HOPE.
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- San Jose Mercury News (San Jose, CA)
- Article date:
- January 15, 2007
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Byline: Katherine Corcoran
Jan. 15--SAN PABLO HUIXTEPEC, Mexico -- In the center of this pueblo 22 miles south of the city of Oaxaca sits a magnificent terra cotta-colored city hall, with grand arches framing the breezeway and a second-story balcony, a symbol of the intricate ties between the tiny village and the Bay Area. Immigrants from that village who now live in Santa Clara and Monterey counties raised and sent back $19,000 in seed money to build the city hall, along with $11,000 to restore a 400-year-old statue of St. Paul that sits in the pulpit of the 17th-century church across the plaza. As Congress continues to debate its immigration policy, ...