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Article: Undocumented immigrants in SE Texas live in fear of being deported.
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- The Beaumont Enterprise (Beaumont, TX)
- Article date:
- April 30, 2007
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Byline: Rose Ybarra
Apr. 30--BEAUMONT -- Norteno music -- music from Northern Mexico and South Texas -- blares from the speakers outside of several stores on College Street.
Posters for concerts featuring Spanish language artists and want ads for laborers cover the bulletin boards.
Vietnamese families work overtime to gradually bring all their family members to the United States.
There is a thriving immigrant population in Southeast Texas, many of whom are undocumented. Most of them fear being caught by immigration officers. They fear being deported to their native countries. They fear being thrown in jail.
Fear is the common ...