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(LOCATOR: GRANJENO, TEXAS)
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GOING BY THE SIGN, GRANJENO, TEXAS PREDATES THE FOUNDING OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA�
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A HAMLET NESTLED BY THE RIO GRANDE RIVER, A MERE BOAT RIDE TO MEXICO�.
FAMILY NAMES AND LANDOWNERS THAT GO BACK TO WHEN SPAIN RULED HERE�.
SOUNDBITE
SUPER: NAPOLEON GARZA/ GRANJENO, TEXAS
"we're on our private property and all of a sudden they come up lights blazing."
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NAPOLEON GARZA AND HIS COUSIN LORENZO ANZALDUA JUNIOR SAY TIMES ARE MUCH DIFFERENT NOW THAT THE U-S BORDER PATROL , STATE and LOCAL AUTHORITIES HAVE descended here (?)_COMBING THE AREA FOR ANYONE WHO CROSSED THE BORDER ILLEGALLY.
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SUPER: NAPOLEON GARZA/ GRANJENO, TEXAS
"every time we go we get harassed by border patrol."
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That's because there's been A STEADY STREAM OF PEOPLE, SOAKED BY A VOYAGE ACROSS THE RIVER. MANY WITH YOUNG CHILDREN.. TMOST WANT TO BE FOUND, BECAUSE U-S LAW DOES NOT FORCE IMMEDIATE DEPORTATION FOR peopleFROM CENTRAL AMERICAN COUNTRIES. THEY HAVE SIMILAR STORIES-A RELATIVE FARTHER NORTH PAID THEIR WAY TO BE SMUGGLED AND NOW THEY WANT TO REUNITE IN THE US.
SOUNDBITE
SUPER: LORENZO ANZALDUA/ PHARR, TEXAS
"the adults stayed behind and sent the kids to approach me, when they saw I was no harm they waved the adults to come out. The cowards joined them "
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THE TINY TOWN HAS NO LAW ENFORCEMENT OF ITS OWN, SOMETHING ITS CITY MANAGER IS KEENLY AWARE OF NOW THAT THIS AREA HAS become A HOT ZONE.
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SUPER: MARTIN VILLARREAL/ GRANJENO CITY MGR.
"for example, if there's border patrol and there's people who are here illegally, and they run into a house, border patrol won't go in there."
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SUPER: NAPOLEON GARZA/ GRANJENO, TEXAS
"it's like any other day, we'll see the migrants walking through the land and we point them in the direction of the border patrol."
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AN HISTORIC, OLD HAMLET�.NOW IN THE SPOTLIGHT OF THE COUNTRY'S IMMIGRATION PROBLEMS.
JOHN MONE ASSOCIATED PRESS GRANJENO, TEXAS

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