Is El Paso's high poverty rate a direct result of illegal Immigration ?
"The biggest reason El Paso has fallen behind the United States economy in its entirety is that the high-school dropout rate in El Paso is above the national average El Paso continues to be one of the most impoverished economies in the United States,"70 percent of the district's approximately 64,000 students now qualify for free or reduced lunch.El Paso County tied with Bronx County, N.Y., for having the third-highest poverty rate in the nation at 29.2 percent. Cameron County and Hidalgo County in South Texas had the higher rates, respectively, 41.2 percent and 41 percent."State demographer Steve Murdock in San Antonio said the border area is historically high in poverty. "This is not new," he said, adding that the state has been high in poverty for at least 20 years."We would hope that the circumstances would change, but what we have to face is the reality we still have some substantial challenges," Murdock said.
elpasotimes.com.El Paso's poverty rate fourth-highest in U.S.
El Paso Times
2006-08-30
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