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, …showed first 75 words of 549 total…

…showed last 75 words of 549 total…orney General, I am committed to pursuing an aggressive program of litigation against developers of illegal subdivisions. By bringing to light the hardships suffered by colonia residents, especially children, we are effectively slowing the growth of these subdivisions. 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 spread to other cities.