[Wallace T.]

I have relatives in El Paso, Texas, and have been visiting the city regularly for over 20 years. It is, of course, a border town, and has had a Mexican-American majority for decades. However, in recent years, the city has experienced white flight similar to what has occurred in Southern California. Many former El Pasoans have moved to Las Cruces, Alamogordo, and other points in New Mexico.

My brother-in-law graduated from high school on the city's east side in 1979. About two-thirds of his graduating class had non-Hispanic surnames. By 1997, the same school had a large Hispanic majority. Two decades ago, the church (Presbyterian, USA) that my in-laws attend had over 100 attendees on a given Sunday and an active children's and youth Sunday school program. Average Sunday attendance has dropped to 40, many of whom are retired servicemen and their wives, and there are no children's or youth activities simply because there are no children or teenagers to minister to.

Trends like this go usually unnoticed in the local media, much less in the national press. We may not like it, but as long as the Feds are unwilling and/or unable to enforce immigration laws, such trends will continue.

[B4Ranch]

Why would anyone want to write about the degradation of their community unless there's money behind it, like a federal grant?

[Travis McGee]

Aprenda Espanon hoy, evite la prisa manana.

((Learn Spanish today, avoid the rush tomorrow.)

Look at the bright side! If you are a member of the power elite, life will be better than ever! You will be able to afford two maids, a gardener and a driver! They can all live above your three car garage.