"You ask me the question, and I will answer. I think it would be almost a criminal act to go on as we are doing now, and allow thousands and hundreds of thousands of people to establish homes where they cannot maintain themselves." (Pg. 333).
I chose this passage because it hits close to home. During hurricane seasons and when there is alot of rainfall we always see on the news of the small colonias that get flooded and the people are forced out of their homes and even lose everything they own. It seems as if people are finding any way to make money, even if that means selling land for residental homes where there is no irrigation system and eventually the lands will flood. Something has to be done about this situation or it will continue to occur. This is what Powell was fighting for.
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