Editing Cameron County, Texas (section)

==Economy==
Cameron County has been considered one of the poorest urban counties in the US.<ref>{{Cite web |date=September 16, 2008 |title=Poverty in Texas |url=https://texaspolitics.utexas.edu/blog/poverty-texas |access-date=July 22, 2023 |website=The Texas Politics Project |language=en |archive-date=July 22, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230722151611/https://texaspolitics.utexas.edu/blog/poverty-texas |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Kaswan |first=Mark J. |date=July 3, 2014 |title=Developing democracy: cooperatives and democratic theory |journal=International Journal of Urban Sustainable Development |language=en |volume=6 |issue=2 |pages=190–205 |doi=10.1080/19463138.2014.951048 |issn=1946-3138 |doi-access=free |bibcode=2014IJUSD...6..190K }}</ref>

The [[FAA]] approved a [[SpaceX]] private spaceport east of Brownsville on the Gulf Coast.<ref name="tm20120410">
{{cite news
 |last=Martinez
 |first=Laura
 |title=Brownsville area candidate for spaceport
 |url=http://www.themonitor.com/articles/space-60007-brownsville-south.html
 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120414180555/http://www.themonitor.com/articles/space-60007-brownsville-south.html
 |url-status=dead
 |archive-date=April 14, 2012
|access-date=May 12, 2012
|newspaper=The Monitor
 |date=April 10, 2012
}}</ref> 

The [[SpaceX South Texas Launch Site]] is projected to employ 75–100 full-time workers in the early years with up to 150 full-time employees/contractors by 2019.<ref name=faa201304v1>
{{cite report
 |last=Nield
 |first=George C.
 |title=Draft Environmental Impact Statement: SpaceX Texas Launch Site
 |volume=1
 |date=April 2014
 |url=http://1.usa.gov/YtxBzo
 |publisher=Federal Aviation Administration, Office of Commercial Space Transportation
 |url-status=dead
 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131207085028/http://www.faa.gov/about/office_org/headquarters_offices/ast/environmental/nepa_docs/review/documents_progress/spacex_texas_launch_site_environmental_impact_statement/media/SpaceX_Texas_Launch_Site_Draft_EIS_V1.pdf
 |archive-date=December 7, 2013
}}</ref>  In 2014, SpaceX acquired additional land near Boca Chica, which they consolidated into a subdivision called "[[Mars Crossing]]", possibly named after the novel by science-fiction writer [[Geoffrey A. Landis]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Perez-Treviño |first=Emma |title=SpaceX continues local land purchases |url=http://www.valleymorningstar.com/news/local_news/article_1e325e0c-9917-11e3-944b-001a4bcf6878.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20140220154528/http://www.valleymorningstar.com/news/local_news/article_1e325e0c-9917-11e3-944b-001a4bcf6878.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=February 20, 2014 |access-date=February 19, 2014 |newspaper=Valley Morning Star |date=February 19, 2014 }}</ref><gallery mode="nolines" widths="168" heights="269">
File:SpaceX Starbase launch facility (51438071556).jpg|View of SpaceX's launch pad at Boca Chica Village near Brownsville
File:USA - Texas - Boca Chica - Starbase (51286054441).jpg|SN15 and SN16
File:USA - Texas - Boca Chica - Starbase (51285307187).jpg|[[SpaceX Starship|Starship]] and [[Super heavy-lift launch vehicle|SuperHeavy]] production site
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The southern cattle tick (''[[Rhipicephalus microplus]]'') is invasive here.<ref name="Thomas" /> Populations here have also become highly [[Permethrin#Resistance|permethrin resistant]].<ref name="Thomas" /> In 2014 the problem had become so severe that spread to neighboring counties was feared, and a Temporary Preventative Quarantine Area was established to preserve efficacy in those counties.<ref name="Thomas" /> All quarantine efforts have been somewhat unsuccessful, due at least in part to the ticks' infestation of wildlife including whitetail (''[[Odocoileus virginianus]]'').<ref name="Thomas">
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