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27 St. Mary's L.J. 871 (1995-1996)
Third World Texas: NAFTA, State Law, and Environmental Problems Facing Texas Colonias

handle is hein.journals/stmlj27 and id is 881 raw text is: THIRD WORLD TEXAS: NAFTA, STATE LAW, AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS FACING TEXAS COLONIAS DAVID L. HANNA I. Introduction ............................................... 872 II. The Colonias: A Look Inside the Third World Border R egion .................................................... 878 III. Background: NAFTA and the Environment .............. 886 A. Comparison of United States and Mexican Environm ental Law ................................... 886 B. Promises for United States-Mexico Border Environmental Protection ............................. 892 IV. Empty Promises to Remedy Border Environmental Problem s .................................................. 897 A. The 1992 Border Plan, the BECC/NADBank Agreement, and the Environmental Side Agreement .. 897 B. Texas's Impotent Laws: Futile Attempts at Colonias R em edies ............................................. 906 1. Efforts to Remedy Existing Colonias Problems .... 906 2. Attempts to Preclude New Colonias D evelopm ent ...................................... 915 V. A Proposal: Partnership Between State and Federal Colonias Program s ........................................ 921 A. The Carrot-Incentives to Build Above-Standard Affordable Housing .................................. 921 B. The Stick-Enforcement of Restrictions Against Building Substandard Housing and Assisting Existing C olonias .............................................. 925 V I. Conclusion ................................................ 927

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