{"id":521051,"date":"2022-12-04T19:29:05","date_gmt":"2022-12-04T16:29:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/venezuelan-migrants-form-community-in-texas\/"},"modified":"2022-12-04T19:29:05","modified_gmt":"2022-12-04T16:29:05","slug":"venezuelan-migrants-form-community-in-texas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/venezuelan-migrants-form-community-in-texas\/","title":{"rendered":"#Venezuelan migrants form community in Texas"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a23a74419aa6\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a23a74419aa6\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/venezuelan-migrants-form-community-in-texas\/#%E2%80%9CVenezuelan_migrants_form_community_in_Texas%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Venezuelan migrants form community in Texas&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CVenezuelan_migrants_form_community_in_Texas%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Venezuelan migrants form community in Texas&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n        <\/aside>\n<p>Thousands of Venezuelan migrants have come to the US seeking asylum in 2022, risking their lives, often making arduous monthslong journeys by foot and spending their entire life savings just to have a shot at sanctuary in the US. <\/p>\n<p>Many get turned away at the border, but those who make it through are granted temporary status to stay in the country and have started to forge a new life. In one corner of Dallas, Texas, many of the migrants have banded together and formed their own community which they call \u201cVilla Dallas.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The name comes from the Venezuelans who arrived in Dallas around 2019 from a village called Villa Del Rosario near the city of Maracaibo and settled in and around the Oaks of North Dallas apartment complex. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey were the first to arrive,\u201d Senea Gonzalez, who runs a Venezuelan restaurant in the area told The Post. \u201cFrom there, word kept spreading.  One person would bring a friend and that friend would bring another and it kept growing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s estimated 18,000 Venezuelans now call the Dallas-Fort Worth area home \u2014 the vast majority arriving in the last two years, according to the <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/news\/2022\/07\/22\/venezuelans-keep-arriving-in-north-texas-with-or-without-temporary-protected-status\/\">Dallas Morning News<\/a>. Unlike the well-known and established Venezuelans communities in Miami and Houston, Villa Dallas is made up almost entirely of refugees who have escaped the country in the last two years.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/venezuela-migrants-create-little-venezuela-7.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Senea Gonzalez and her husband own El Arepazo Vzla in Carrollton, Texas.\" class=\"wp-image-24876374\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/venezuela-migrants-create-little-venezuela-7.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/venezuela-migrants-create-little-venezuela-7.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/venezuela-migrants-create-little-venezuela-7.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Senea Gonzalez and her husband own El Arepazo Vzla in Carrollton, Texas.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">New York Post<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Since 2015, seven million people have left Venezuela, escaping the <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">social<\/a>ist regime of Nicholas Maduro, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unhcr.org\/en-us\/venezuela-emergency.html\">according to the UN<\/a>. Initially, many fanned out across South American countries, waiting thinking they would soon be able to go home. However, as conditions have continued to deteriorate, Venezuelans started heading to the US. The UN calls it the \u201csecond-largest external displacement crisis in the world.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Villa Dallas now spills into the neighboring cities of Carrollton and Addison \u2014 suburbs of Dallas and have started to integrate peacefully. The Dallas Police Department told The Post crime there is lower than normal and many businesses in the area have sprung up selling arepas and pastellitos \u2014 Venezuelans food staples. Gonzalez established her arepa restaurant there and has seen an 80% increase in business since it opened three years ago.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/venezuela-migrants-create-little-venezuela-8.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Villa Dallas, Dallas' little Venezuela, originated at the Oaks of North Dallas Apartment complex.\" class=\"wp-image-24876366\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/venezuela-migrants-create-little-venezuela-8.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/venezuela-migrants-create-little-venezuela-8.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/venezuela-migrants-create-little-venezuela-8.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Villa Dallas, Dallas\u2019 little Venezuela, originated at the Oaks of North Dallas Apartment complex.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">New York Post<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Most of the newly-arrived Venezuelans in the US have on-going <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>lications for asylum \u2013meaning they left their country out of a fear for their life and are legally in the country while the government evaluates them. They can <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/trip-and-travel\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"10\" title=\"Trip &amp; Travel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">travel<\/a>, but must regularly check in with Immigration and Customs and Enforcement and attend court hearings while federal courts decide if they can stay \u2014 a process that usually takes years. <\/p>\n<p>During that time some are allowed to legally work by being granted a work permit, a process which takes months, but many others find other ways to make money.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have groups on WhatsApp and Facebook where we support each other,\u201d explained Gonzalez. \u201cThis Venezuelans sews, this one makes birthday cakes, this person can install floors. We hire each other. That\u2019s how we survive until we can get a work permit.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/venezuela-migrants-create-little-venezuela-10.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"The newest residents of Villa Dallas moved into the Oaks of North Dallas apartments days after crossing the US-Mexico border near Del Rio, Texas.\" class=\"wp-image-24876394\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/venezuela-migrants-create-little-venezuela-10.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/venezuela-migrants-create-little-venezuela-10.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/venezuela-migrants-create-little-venezuela-10.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>The newest residents of Villa Dallas moved into the Oaks of North Dallas apartments days after crossing the US-Mexico border near Del Rio, Texas.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">New York Post<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Before this recent wave, there wasn\u2019t a Venezuelan community in Texas\u2019 largest metro area, where Mexican culture dominates. But just as millions of Americans moving to the Lone Star State have discovered, the strong economy and low cost of living beckoned them to Dallas.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDallas is relatively close to the border and there are so many jobs and opportunities here,\u201d said Gonzalez. \u201cSome people went to Miami first, but it\u2019s too expensive to live there, so they moved to Dallas and are really able to be successful here.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>One of the biggest success stories is Genesys Anez, who in two years quit her job at the Cheesecake Factory resaturant chain and decided to start her own business selling Venezuelan food out of her Villa Dallas apartment.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/venezuela-migrants-create-little-venezuela-13.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Gonzalez's family members reunite at DFW airport after more than a decade without contact.\" class=\"wp-image-24877406\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/venezuela-migrants-create-little-venezuela-13.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/venezuela-migrants-create-little-venezuela-13.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/venezuela-migrants-create-little-venezuela-13.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Gonzalez\u2019s family members are among the first to qualify for recent humanitarian parole program for Venezuelans. They were reunited at DFW airport after more than a decade without contact.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">New York Post<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cWhen I arrived in Dallas, there weren\u2019t Venezuelan restaurants \u2014 no places to eat an empanada or a pastellito,\u201d said Anez \u2014 whose restaurant has becoming a meeting place.<\/p>\n<p>She was able to make enough money to buy a food truck. One year later, she opened a restaurant called Big Yummy that is wildly successful \u2014 catering to her arriving catering to her arriving \u201cpaisanos\u201d \u2013 a friendly term for countrymen. <\/p>\n<p>Now, she is expanding her restaurant to accommodate people who stand in line to get in on weekends and opening a nearby bakery and market since grocery stores in Dallas don\u2019t carry Venezuelan products.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/venezuela-migrants-create-little-venezuela-5.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Gonzalez's family\" class=\"wp-image-24877442\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/venezuela-migrants-create-little-venezuela-5.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/venezuela-migrants-create-little-venezuela-5.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/venezuela-migrants-create-little-venezuela-5.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Gonzalez\u2019s family will join Dallas\u2019 Venezuelan community\u2013 about 18,000 strong.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">New York Post<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI hope more Venezuelans arrive because that means more clients for me,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>And they continue to arrive. In October, President Joe Biden announced a <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uscis.gov\/venezuela\">humanitarian parole program for Venezuelans<\/a>. In order to qualify for a temporary visa to enter the country, Venezuelans must have a sponsor in the US, no criminal record and are not allowed to cross the border illegally. If approved, they will arrive by plane and will have permission to work.<\/p>\n<p>The Post witnessed six of Gonzales\u2019 family members\u2013 all approved under the new program \u2014 reunite with her at DFW airport after years apart.<\/p>\n<p>Along with the anouncement of the parole program, President Biden expanded Title 42 \u2014 a pandemic health policy \u2014 to expel Venezuelans who cross into the country illegally and send them to Mexico. That put a temporary hold on many Venezuelans coming into the country. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/venezuela-migrants-create-little-venezuela-9.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Exterior of the apartment complex where many Venezuelan immigrants reside\" class=\"wp-image-24890641\" width=\"618\" height=\"411\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/venezuela-migrants-create-little-venezuela-9.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1233 1236w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/venezuela-migrants-create-little-venezuela-9.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=925 927w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/venezuela-migrants-create-little-venezuela-9.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=618 618w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/venezuela-migrants-create-little-venezuela-9.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=308 309w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/venezuela-migrants-create-little-venezuela-9.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 618px) 100vw, 618px\"\/><figcaption>Many Venezuelan migrants settled in and around the Oaks of North Dallas apartment complex. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">New York Post<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI think it\u2019s a good thing because so many lives have been lost risking everything to get to the US because of the desperation that exists in Venezuelans. So many have fallen into the hands of cartels to get to the US, or if they have made it, it has cost them <em>everything<\/em>\u201c, said Gonzalez.<\/p>\n<p>Title 42 will end on Dec. 21, after a ruling by a federal judge that it is no longer legal. The federal government has yet to announcement what, if anything, will take its place since the US Border Patrol uses Title 42 to kick out about 40% of all immigrants who cross the border back to Mexico.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Venezuelans in Dallas say they\u2019re making enough money to support themselves and their families in their homeland, where the US Dollar, not the Bolivar\u2013 is used for everything.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe see this state and this city as a great opportunity that has opened the doors to us,\u201d said Gonzalez. \u201cWe have been accepted here because Dallas is such a diverse place. 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