Even in places with immigrant populations as large as Southern California's, many refugees and asylum seekers struggle to find community and connect with others.
Despite factors that have turned some Western states Democratic shifting suburbs, a growing Latino population, a hard-right turn by Republicans Texas remains as red as ever.
California has positioned itself as a haven for both documented and undocumented migrants, but in some ways, life in Texas isn't much different, a detailed poll of immigrant attitudes shows. There's only so much one state can do.
Millions of immigrants those here legally as well as unauthorized migrants find their lives constrained by the complex, sometimes irrational, twists of U.S. immigration law.