Issuance of an Amendment of the Presidential Permit for the City of Laredo, Texas for the Laredo World Trade BridgeWendy R. ShermanKevin M. O'Reilly
Hoping more settlers would reduce the near-constant Comanche raids, Mexican Texas liberalized its immigration policies to permit immigrants from outside Mexico and Spain. Large swathes of land were allotted to empresarios, who recruited settlers from the United States, Europe, and the Mexican interior...