Sorry, Mpls/St. Paul is full-up with Hmong, Somalian and Mexican.
Americans are last in line for social services here. And I aint-a-kiddin'.
Aint that just grand. Patience for those that presume to know whether a person is an American by the color of their skin, and the manner of their speech, is running very thin. The Hmong, Somali, and even some of the evil Mexicans are here at the request and pleasure of the US state department. More is the pity that these folks are an inconvenience to the established community. There is an adage about folks not really knowing what they are made of until they have nothing. We will continue to welcome our fellow Americans into Texas. And even the evil Mexicans that YOU allow to come here. Simply because they are our neighbors, and ignorant pinheads tell us Texans to shoot them. Either you fix ICE, or try to come down here and shoot our neighbors yourself. Otherwise, please STFU.
And try to have a nice day:)
Doesn't sound like you are full up yet or doing your share with respect to taking Katrina refugees. In the 2000 census, Houston was 37% Hispanic, 25% black, and 5% Asian. By contrast, Minneapolis/St Paul was 7.7% Hispanic, 15% black, and 8.8% Asian.
Houston Statistics: Link
Minneapolis statistics: Link
Minneapolis/St. Paul statistics: Link (Warning: 1.2 meg pdf file)
I always thing of M-SP when I think of Mexicans. Houston doesn't come anywhere on the list. Perhaps one major difference is that Houston has a long track record of Americanizing Mexicans.