Report: Southern suburb torn apart by rapid rise in immigration

The wealthy suburbs of northern Dallas, Texas, have become an unlikely backdrop for growing racial tension amid a rapid rise in immigration from South Asia.

Cities such as Frisco, Plano and Irving are seeing huge population growth due to a booming job market in the Dallas-Fort Worth area known as ‘Silicon Prairie,’ where there has been a huge influx of tech, finance and corporate giants in recent years.

The population spikes are being fueled by a dramatic rise in high-paid foreign workers from India, many arriving on H-1B visas…

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