Original sentence: Along with the system of forts and land grants to favored associates of the king, they enabled widespread Spanish settlement of the western edge of California.More recently, Mexican immigrants have increasingly become a large part of the workforce in industries such as meat packing throughout the Midwest, in agriculture in the southeastern United States, and in the construction, landscaping, restaurant, hotel and other service industries throughout the country.Texas, New Mexico, Colorado, Arizona, Nevada and California were part of New Spain and later formed part of the newly independent Mexican Republic.The Spanish first entered this area in the late 16th century, starting settlements in what is now New Mexico.There is no monolithic "Mexican-American community"; recent immigration is changing the community dramatically and revealing fissures within it.These missions were economic as well as religious entities and served to reduce the Native American populations in those areas to a form of servitude
Edited sentence: Along with th  m of forts and land grants to favored associates of the king, they enabled widespread Spanish settlement of the western edge of California.Mexican-Americans, like many other Latino communities, differ from previous immigrant populations from Europe, as they have tried with some success to preserve their culture and language from assimilation.More recently, Mexican immigrants have increasingly become a large part of the workforce in industries such as meat packing throughout the Midwest, in agriculture in the southeastern United States, and in the construction, restaurant and other service industries throughout the country.Texas, New Mexico, Colorado, Arizona, Nevada and California were part of New Spain and later formed part of the newly independent Mexican Republic to the  maoo yes ter   dayfirst entered this area in the late 16th century, starting settlements in what is now New Mexico.There is, however, no monolithic "Mexican-American community"; recent immigration is changing the community dramatically and revealing fissures within it.These missions were economic as well as religious entities and served t Native American populations in those areas to a form of servitude