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Gov. Greg Abbott asked lawmakers to pass legislation related to the development during this month’s special session.
Rep. Ernest Bailes, R-Shepherd, pushed back on the reporting, saying the developer has followed the law and that allegations it’s a high-crime area are false. “It is not a colonia by any stretch,” Bailes said Thursday.The area gained national attention late last month. The headline on a Sept. 16 story by the Daily Wire, a conservative outlet, said the development is a “magnet for illegal immigrants.
The developers are brothers John and Trey Harris. Attempts to reach them last week were unsuccessful.
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