City calls illegal immigrants sleeping or hanging out at Municipal Park a messy nuisance

McALLEN — Sprawled across a concrete picnic table at the center of the park, a group of young men recently arrived from Honduras and Nicaragua to share a beer and discuss where they might find a room for the night.

The conversation drifts to the availability of work in New Orleans before a police car passes through the park’s parking lot, turning everyone silent. TheMonitor.com, August 27, 2007