I remember, I won't forget this ever, we were having a party with my second grade and the teacher told me to bring some cookies or whatever. All the kids started laughing. Ever since then I was really shy afterwards. Several things helped the community. Newcomers come in contact with established residents in all aspects of their lives because Garden City is a small town.
Jobs are plentiful in the beef-packing industry.
Many in the community have worked hard to meet the needs of the immigrants. We ran story after story dispelling myths, accentuating the positive. We worked very hard at it and it took an awful lot of energy to pull this off.