Colony Ridge Plays Texas-Sized Role in Primary for one of GOP’s Top Midterm Pickup Opportunities
While the old adage “everything is bigger in Texas” is typically a point of pride for Texans, in the case of Colony Ridge (believed to be the largest illegal alien settlement in the U.S.), it is a generational wound that must be tackled as aggressively as President Trump’s successful efforts to close the border that the Biden administration illegally opened.
An American Nightmare. The epicenter for masses of illegal aliens isn’t along the Texas- Mexico border, it is a sprawling 33,000-acre development just north of Houston (equivalent in size to Washington D.C.) that has grown exponentially over the last ten years by targeting illegal aliens through promises of cheap, ready to build land and financing without proof of citizenship or income.[1] These efforts have been so “successful” that Colony Ridge is now believed to be the fastest growing community in Texas[2] and the fastest growing Hispanic community in the United States[3] with a population estimated to be at ~80,000.[4]
Deportation Operations. Over 110 illegal aliens were arrested by the Trump Administration this past February in a combined operation with DPS troopers, ICE and Homeland Security Investigations.[5] ICE confirmed the charges and convictions for those arrested include criminal sexual conduct, homicide, theft, negligent manslaughter, child sexual abuse, crimes of moral turpitude, weapons offenses and drug offenses.[6] Unfortunately, these efforts are just the tip of the iceberg for an enclave that spans 60-miles and is severely under policed by any measure. The true number of illegal aliens and criminal activity remains largely unknown as there is limited to no reliable data.
Colony Ridge & the Race for TX-09. As the midterm election season heats up, political pundits on both sides agree that the Trump Administration’s immigration mandate and mass deportation agenda will be on the ballot, not just next November but in both parties’ primary elections. Nowhere else will the issue be more prominent than in Texas’s newly redrawn ninth congressional district, which is home to Colony Ridge.
In a crowded GOP primary, candidates have attempted to stake out their claim as the best choice to work with the Trump Administration on border security issues. One candidate may have an uphill climb however. Republican State Representative Briscoe Cain took campaign cash from Colony Ridge developers not once but on two separate occasions. Cain also recently accepted a $3,500 contribution for his Congressional campaign from developer Daniel Signorelli, whose company has touted its work building homes in Colony Ridge[7]. Then, in an interview with local radio station KTRH Cain offered an awkward yet full-throated defense for selling out MAGA for a couple contributions to his reelection effort. Worse yet, Cain is even on record as calling the Colony Ridge project the “American Dream.”
The issue is proving to be a lightning rod in the contest and Cain’s opponent, combat veteran Alex Mealer, is pulling no punches. Mealer is referring to Colony Ridge as the “American Nightmare” after releasing an ad with Houston legend Jim “Mattress Mack” McIngvale calling Briscoe Cain “unfit to server” for his failure on the Colony Ridge issue.
Briscoe Cain is unfit to represent TX-09. After taking money from the developer behind Colony Ridge (2X), the largest illegal alien settlement in America, Briscoe Cain called it the “American Dream.”@BriscoeCain sold out our country and generations of Texans for a few bucks.… pic.twitter.com/S7tIXIbypy
— Alex Mealer (@AlexMealerTX) November 6, 2025
From the White House’s perspective, one of the lessons of the GOP’s recent electoral shellacking in New Jersey and Virginia is that Republican candidates who fail to put America first and embrace the MAGA agenda are doomed in the general as they will be unable to turn out the low-propensity voters who swung Trump back into office. Now, with Texas and its newly redrawn congressional map as the focal point of the White House’s plan to maintain the House majority, Colony Ridge will surely be a litmus test in TX-09 — one of the top pickup opportunities for Republicans — for which candidate truly is committed to Making America Great Again.
[1] https://www.texasattorneygeneral.gov/news/releases/attorney-general-ken-paxton-sues-colony-ridge-fraudulent-practices-enabled-major-problematic-real
[2] https://www.danpatrick.org/the-fastest-growing-community-in-texas/
[3] https://www.dailywire.com/news/inside-colony-ridge-the-fastest-growing-development-in-the-u-s-is-a-magnet-for-illegal-immigrants
[4] https://reduceflooding.com/2024/03/31/wildly-divergent-colony-ridge-population-estimates-pose-planning-problems/
[5] https://www.fox26houston.com/news/colony-ridge-texas-immigration-operation-arrests-update
[6] https://www.fox26houston.com/news/colony-ridge-texas-immigration-operation-arrests-update
[7] https://www.signorellicompany.com/press/84/first-america-homes-opens-new-model-home-in-north-houston
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