Deportation haults hotel project in Ramondville July 12, 2008 - 10:42PM By FERNANDO DEL VALLE, Valley Morning Star RAYMONDVILLE - From Neil Patel's new hotel, he can see Ricardo de la Mora's construction project choked in weeds, its walls scarred with gang graffiti. This month, Patel said he plans to open La Quinta Inns & Suites next to his Best Western Inn at the intersection of Expressway 83 and Hidalgo Avenue. But nobody knows when de la Mora will complete work on his hotel project just north of Raymondville's city limit sign, Willacy County Commissioner Eddie Chapa said Friday. "It's very, very sad," Chapa said of de la Mora's project. Last year, de la Mora planned to build a hotel and restaurant, gas station and health clinic on his 20-acre site, Chapa said. But construction stopped late last year, he said. TOPICS: Illegal Immigration, Illegal Immigrants, Ricardo de la Mora's, gang graffit, La Quinta Inns & Suites, Raymondville, construction, federal authorities, deported, illegal immigrants, prisons, ...
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