Mayor Hughes gains insights into immigration issue. Hillsboro, Oregon

“In an interview Tuesday, Hughes said, contrary to common belief, immigration has not been a problem in Texan border communities. “The Mexican population in the Southwest is older than the United States. They have reached accommodation with populations on the other side of the border. This brings a more pragmatic view of immigration and avoids demagoguery.

“There is a great deal of concern within the Anglo population of Hillsboro due to the growth of the Latino population here,” Hughes said, but he pointed to the real economics of that growth - the 63,000 workers in Oregon’s nursery stock industry, all taxpayers with full-time jobs. “These are not day jobs,” he said, “but (day workers) are easy to pick on; they’re vulnerable.”"

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