Colonias in NM

I do not claim to know much about the systematic processes that occur in order that people live in substandard housing in the area between Las Cruces, NM and El Paso, TX. However, I do know that people are people are people. People have certain basic needs: nutritious food, safe drinking water, shelter, health care, and love. For many people in the small unincorporated communities in the Border Area this is a reality they are still struggling to attain:

http://www.lcsun-news.com/las_cruces-news/ci_14446080

I asked myself, why is this? Is it so inconceivable that people roads, sewage, water, and electricity in their communities in order to function on a daily basis? When was the last time you did not have access to one of these? While I can hear the frustrations of hard working Americans concerned about where their tax dollars are going, it is preposterous to consider denying members of our community such basic rights. Whether people are native to America or whether they do not have legeal ctitizenship in the US, they still, as humans, have certain needs.