We nabbed hundreds upon hundreds of them coming across the S Texas border back in the early 2006 - '09. Then the US would not let them apply for sanctuary and it all dried up. Imagine that....
Lopes is a Portuguese name; there’s a lot Portuguese-Americans...LA Dodgers 2b Davey Lopes one example...if I’m not mistaken, Lopes was born in Rhode Island...so that area of USA may be a pocket where Portuguese (legal) immigrants once settled.