A Donald Trump administration policy proposal has changed the Gulf Coast city of Port Isabel, Texas in a way that may never allow it to return to its old state. It all started when the administration announced that it was looking into a new immigration measure that would end housing assistance if even just one member of a household was undocumented.
Port Isabel is a city with a robust immigrant community, many of whom work in the hospitality industry on the beaches of South Padre Island — businesses where it would not even be surprising to find ownership supportive of Trump-era immigration policies.
