Rep. Gabe Vasquez, D-N.M., talks about economic development and immigration at a town-hall style meeting, Tuesday, Aug. 20, 2024, in Chaparral, N.M., an unincorporated "colonias" communities where many migrant workers settled over the past century on cheap plots of land, often with limited access to water or electricity. Vasquez, a first-term Democrat from New Mexico, touts his knowledge of the border region as the U.S.-born son of immigrants while seeking reelection in a rematch against former Republican Congresswoman Yvette Herrell. (AP Photo/Morgan Lee)