José Ralat

Texas Monthly

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Taco Editor for the Texas Monthly.

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Right now, there’s a lot of tension around immigration and the border, but could something as simple as a taco be a unifier, especially on National Taco Day (Friday)?

Tacos: the one thing we can agree on in a divided U.S.

Right now, there’s a lot of tension around immigration and the border, but could something as simple as a taco be a unifier, especially on National Taco Day (Friday)?

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