El Paso in many ways is the Ellis Island for Mexico and much of Latin America.


Beto O'Rourke

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El Paso in many ways is the Ellis Island for Mexico and much of Latin America.
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Ellis Island: The American Dream.
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No, my family is Russian, Georgian, via Ellis Island.
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reflective of mainstream America in many ways.
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