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“”People were upset and angry,” said Mike Wyatt, the current mayor of Georgetown. “They were saying, ‘How could this happen to our town?’ ”
The influx of Guatemalans hasn’t stopped, but much of the animosity has waned. A dozen years of living on the front lines of America’s immigration battle have brought wary acceptance, even accommodation, to this unlikely center of change.
Now Latino families are supplanting the single men who first arrived. They are opening shops and restaurants and buying homes. Hispanic elementary students here have the highest scores on standardized tests. The poultry plant in nearby Milford last week celebrated Diversity Day.”
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