I’d say that Spanish is as prevalent or more so in the area of the oil patch. Jobs of all types include many Hispanics. Safety training presentations are given in Spanish with written tests also in that language. Every store, bank, gas station, etc. has bilingual attendants. It reminds me of a few days I spent in Montreal a couple of years ago, except the language there was French.
Most of the crime down here in the oil patch is from the Hispanics who are involved in drugs and can’t get a legal job due to drug-related addiction or past arrests. But there are many more who keep their noses clean and are hard workers, putting in 12 hour days.
Lujan-Grisham wants to ban fracking though she shows support for the industry in public. And of course, believes that more money from DC will mean more public, union jobs.