[Twoller]

You are a pretty reliable source of information, generally.

Still there are some other possibilities. The property owners of the ranches in question may actually be illegals or their enablers and the takeover is more an internal issue for the land owners. I'd like to know more about the landowners or areas in question.

This may be why Texas is reluctant to confront the issue. It opens up a whole can of worms about illegal and non-citizens owning property.

In this case, it is land. But more basically, you should not be able to register a car if you are not here legally. The automobile is the most powerful weapon in the hands of illegal immigrants. They don't have to own land, but they must be on happy terms with somebody who does. That's another thing that needs to be confronted. You should have to be here legally to own land and it should be a felony to house illegal immigrants.

If housing illegals is epidemic among legal residents, then perhaps conditional land owning licenses should be involved for non-citizens property owners.