Democracy and Tech in Socorro, Texas: A Border Town's Emergence as a Tech Hub
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Summary
An article exploring the intersection of technology, democracy, and community in Socorro, Texas — a small West Texas city near the Mexican border that is emerging as a tech hub. The piece weaves together local history (dating back to the Pueblo Revolt of 1680), the predominantly Mexican American character of the town, and the modern influx of Taiwanese firms leveraging cross-border maquiladoras. It examines how global tech supply chains and local democratic life intersect in this border community.
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· 3 pulledDriving through the country roads of Socorro, you wouldn't think that you were passing through an up-and-coming tech hub.
A West Texas city of about thirty-eight thousand, Socorro is wedged next to El Paso and the eastern industrial sprawl of Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, Mexico.
The town's history dates to the Pueblo Revolt of 1680, when the Spanish relocated a great number of Indigenous communities in response to the revolt from present-day northern New Mexico to missions near El Paso del Norte on the Rio Grande.
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