I know many immigrants who can barely read or write and have gone on to amass fortunes.  

That would be ideal however our immigration visa depends on us owning a business.

Rents are increasing very rapidly and the area has gone from first-generation-immigrant majority to young, college-aged kids who go to school or work somewhere off the train (at least on the east side of the neighborhood).

It's been my experience here that families newly immigrated to the U.S. often times have family structures I sometimes wish we still did here, that is, multi-generational.

Immigration from an economic standpoint is almost always a net positive.

Unemployed illegal immigrants cannot get a mortgage.Gainfully employed very recent lawful immigrants often have a very hard time getting a mortgage. 80% of loan originators wouldn't even know where to start, so if they just walked into BofA and were told "no" by whoever wasn't busy (IE, the crappiest guy in the branch... there's a reason he wasn't busy), they might have given up on ownership.Unemployed recent lawful immigrants cannot get a mortgage.I wouldn't assume that the recent immigrant was a dead-beat.

The good news was, they do give mortgage loans to legal immigrants without any credit history but at a higher rate and shorter term.

I called some local property management and they said that area was a C/D area. apparently it used to be known heavily for drug use but now it seems to be mostly immigrant farm workers.

In the El Paso area are population is increasing however it is due to births and immigration, migration out of the city is very high for high wage jobs.I am considering investing in this area beyond my primary home and these graphs are alarming, on one hand it spells opportunity for a lower price but other hand not much opportunity for investing if this continues.How should I view this situation?

Looking to partner up to start buying - fixing - renting out and flipping properties.We have not set a location yet but preferred locations would be Florida, Texas, North Carolina but all suggestions are welcome.Also advise on good immigration lawyer is welcome.I'll be coming over to the US in 2 weeks and like to meet some great people.Thanks a lotFrederic