Escobar: Even citizens on edge because of immigration enforcement

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Escobar: Even citizens on edge because of immigration enforcement

EL PASO, Texas (Border Report) – Four out of five El Paso residents are Hispanic, 22.3 percent were born in another country and 66.4 of the population here speaks a language other than English at home. That July 24 census data may explain why even U.S. citizens are expressing fear and disgust of being caught up in stepped up immigration enforcement north of the Rio Grande. “Many times, despite one being a citizen or being in the country legally,…