[Jim Noble]

Now, at this tense juncture for immigrants and their adoptive hometowns across the conservative swaths of rural America

Hre's a message from an "adoptive hometown":

[a fool in paradise]

Adoptive hometowns?

Mexican’s wire billions of dollars back HOME to Mexico every year. It’s one of the leading sources of revenue for that country.

Social assistance welfare funding makes up the gap.