Texas Grad
MAGINE A SCENARIO where hundreds of children cannot attend school because the roads by their homes are impassable. Or that these children are so ill from recurring ailments that they continue to miss school over protracted periods of time. The ailments they suffer, such as dysentery, typhoid, diarrhea, tuberculosis, cholera, and even leprosy, keep them out of school and severely hinder their progress in elementary school. It sounds like a story from the Third World, but it's not. It's happening right here on Texas soil, up and down the 900 miles of the Texas-Mexico border. The children who live in colonias, subdivisions that lack basic infrastructure such as potable water and sewage disposal, live in conditions that most of us would consider a public health menace. Border Attorneys General Meet in El Paso
Colonias Strike Force Gets Reinforcements To escalate the fight against the spread of colonias, we have added four of our top environmental lawyers to the Colonias Strike Force. Already, we have initiated more than 80 lawsuits against developers who sold property before meeting local and state requirements. The residents inquired about getting the road paved, or at least leveled, as soon as possible, so the buses could come closer to the children's homes. We also witnessed how residents obtain water for their daily needs, including bathing, from 55-gallon drums that may have once held toxic substances. Not only are colonia residents affected by the unsanitary conditions in illegal subdivisions, but all Texans, as well as many Americans in other states, would potentially be affected if a Third World epidemic
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Approximate Word count = 552
Approximate Pages = 2 (250 words per page double spaced)
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