There is a rapidly growing Mexican-American population in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. people of Mexican origins made up 80% of the Hispanics and Latinos in the DFW area. - Spanish version
Necesidad económica incita la creciente inmigración mexicana al área de Dallas

History

Sol Villasana, the author of ''Dallas's Little Mexico'', wrote that "Mexicans have been part of Dallas since its beginning."Villasana, p
7
In the 1870s the first significant groups of Mexicans came to Dallas as railroad lines were constructed. Additional Mexicans settled Dallas as a result of the Mexican Revolution, which began in 1910. According to the 1920 U.S. Census, 3,378 Mexicans lived in Dallas.Brettell, p
56
In the early 20th century, wealthier Mexicans lived in Little Mexico and in the historical red-light area of Dallas north of Downtown, while less wealthy immigrants lived along railroad yards. Caroline B. Brettell, author of '"Big D" Incorporating New Immigrants in a Sunbelt Suburban Metropolis,' wrote that as of 1920 the majority of Dallas's Mexicans "were living in atrocious conditions." After

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Little Mexico began to disintegrate.Villasana, p
8
The

Murder of Santos Rodriguez On the morning of July 24, 1973, in Dallas, Texas, 30-year-old Dallas Police Officer Darrell L. Cain murdered Santos Rodriguez, a 12-year-old Mexican-American child. Officer Cain and Officer Roy R. Arnold were investigating reports of a burglar ...

occurred in 1973. In 2009 the City of Dallas began pursuing an ''

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'' investment program, attracting wealthier Mexicans. By 2012 there was a wave of wealthy Mexican immigration, due to the program, the proximity and access of Mexico to North Texas, and the violence of the Mexican drug war.Corchado, Alfredo.
High-end migrants from Mexico lead new wave to Dallas area

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Demographics

As of the

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, 71% of the foreign-born residents of

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originated in Mexico, as were 64% of the foreign-born residents of

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, and 22% of the foreign-born residents of Plano.Brettell, p
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Education

Rapid growth of the Hispanic community in the last decade has now made them majority in a fair share of school districts in the DFW area. These school districts include:

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Geography

As of the 2000 U.S. Census, 63% of the ethnic Mexicans in Dallas County, Texas, Dallas County resided in the Dallas city limits. Many Mexicans in Dallas live in lower income housing, especially in South Dallas. the Mexican population lived in various parts of the DFW area, with concentrations in West Dallas, Oak Cliff, and Arlington. As of 2000 there was a large group of ethnic Mexicans living north of Arlington, Texas, Arlington in an area south of Interstate 30, and a smaller group in the cities between Dallas and Fort Worth south of U.S. Highway 183.

Economy

As of 2012 there are about 20 daily flights between Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport and Mexico. El Fenix (restaurant), El Fenix, a Tex-Mex cuisine, Tex-Mex restaurant chain, was established by Mike Martinez, a Mexican American. It was established on September 15, 1918. Christina Rosales of ''

'' wrote that it "has been credited with starting the Tex-Mex craze in the U.S." Pizza Patrón, headquartered in Dallas, markets itself to Mexican American families. It was established by Antonio Swad, a person not of Mexican origins.

Notable residents

* Selena Gomez (actress & singer) - Raised in Grand Prairie, Texas, Grand Prairie, lived in Fort Worth * Demi Lovato (singer & actress) - Born in Albuquerque, New Mexico; raised in Dallas * Omar Gonzalez (soccer player) * Roberto Marroquin (boxer) * Fernando Rodríguez (boxer) * Murder of Santos Rodriguez, Santos Rodriguez (murder victim)

References

* Brettell, Caroline B. '"Big D" Incorporating New Immigrants in a Sunbelt Suburban Metropolis' (Chapter 3). In: Singer, Audrey, Susan Wiley Hardwick, and Caroline Brettell. ''Twenty-First Century Gateways: Immigrant Incorporation in Suburban America'' (James A. Johnson metro series). Brookings Institution Press, 2009. . Start p
53
* Villasana, Sol. ''Dallas's Little Mexico'' (Images of America). Arcadia Publishing, 2011. .

Notes

External links

Dallas Mexican American Historical League
(DMAHL)
Dallas Hispanic Bar Association
(DHBA) {{DEFAULTSORT:History of Mexican Americans in Dallas-Fort Worth Ethnic groups in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex, Mexicans History of Dallas History of Fort Worth, Texas Mexican-American history Mexican-American culture by city, Dallas Mexican-American culture in Texas,