Houston, we have a problem

Tens of thousands of illegals have already settled into the Colony Ridge development near the small town of Plum Grove, Texas. Based on an analysis of publicly available information, it is now over 60 square miles, nearly the size of Washington, D.C.

Houston challenged in court over minority contracts Chris Woodward, AFN.net The attorney representing a Texas landscaping business says the owners are suing the City of Houston because they finally got tired of complying with a minority-based rule that they believe is just reverse discrimination. With help from Pacific Legal Foundation, husband and wife Jerry and Theresa Thompson filed a federal lawsuit Sept. 19 against their own city government over the Minority Business Enterprise, or MBE, program. Pacific Legal attorney Erin Wilcox says the city policy, which dates back nearly 40 years, requires the winner of a city contract to participate in the MBE program. By doing so, they then agree to sub-contract some of the city work to a minority-owned business. “What that means is if your company is not owned by someone who qualifies as a minority owner,” she argues, “then you have to give away a chunk of that public contract's value to one of your competitors, who is owned by a minority owner." The stated purpose is to prevent discrimination against minority-owned businesses, but they are allowed to bid on city contracts, too. So the Thompsons says they finally got tired of complying with a race-based program they view as discriminatory.

Its population is estimated to be anywhere between 50,000 to 75,000, and The Daily Wire reports that it is growing rapidly, thanks to a marketing plan targeted at Texas' Hispanic population.

The view from the air shows half-built homes, dilapidated trailers, and heaps of trash, and the flags of foreign countries can be seen displayed throughout the community.

"We are seeing some of these shady operations move in to exploit the fact that you have these migrants," notes Ira Mehlman, media director for the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR). "We don't know what sort of business practices are going on. This is just symptomatic of a policy that pays no mind to the impact of immigration on the United States, on American citizens, and this is what you get."

He especially takes issue with immigrants flying the flags of the countries from which they fled.

"When people seem to be exhibiting more allegiance to the countries that they came from than the country that they fled to, that actually is a concern," Mehlman submits. "We should expect that when people come to the United States, they embrace this nation, throw their lot in with the rest of us. If you're coming to the United States illegally, we shouldn't be welcoming you here at all."

He also contends that the U.S. should not be accepting cartel activity, but "we seem to be tolerating it from the top on down."

"The American public doesn't want this, but it's being imposed by various levels of government that either turn a blind eye, or actively encourage this," the FAIR spokesman laments.

Colony Ridge, owned and operated by developer William "Trey" Harris, is said to be rapidly expanding thanks in part to a financing arrangement that makes it possible for illegal aliens to buy land in America.

Traditional financing methods require credit ratings and proof of income, but as Todd Bensman of the Center for Immigration Studies tells The Daily Wire, buyers at Colony Ridge are receiving high-interest loans directly from the developer, enabling them to circumvent usual loan requirements.

Similar settlements are believed to be in development in other areas of the country.