Justice Dept. sues Texas developer, alleging it preyed on Hispanics

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LTC Eugene Chu
..."Officials said the lawsuit is part of the Justice Department's Combating Redlining Initiative. Redlining is a practice of withholding financial and other services from people because they live in certain neighborhoods, usually ones that are predominantly Latino, Black and low-income.

“Discrimination in lending harms families and neighborhoods for generations and it is wrong and it has no place in our country,” Attorney General Merrick Garland said in a statement.

The development was one of three topics Gov. Greg Abbott directed the Texas Legislature to address when he called legislators into a rare third special session this year. Right-wing media reported that the development was a haven for people illegally in the U.S., a no-go zone for law enforcement and a hub for cartel activity. Law enforcement agencies that police the area pushed back against that narrative, and the rhetoric was not substantiated.

Legislators did not focus on the developers’ lending or development practices.

Clarke sought to reassure people who had bought homes in Colony Ridge.

"I know you are hardworking people who are hoping to achieve the American dream of home ownership," she said. "Through this lawsuit we are seeking to compensate those who have suffered losses due to these predatory practices."

This is what happens when you do not make people learn English. You see it everywhere in El Paso where they push Spanish hard to keep low income workers and this make these folks vulnerable to many things such as poor healthcare and scams like this one. But making people learn English is racist, no not making them keeps them weak, vulnerable, and controllable.