the reality of it is as fast as efco is growing during the 90s and during the early part of the 2000s, if we don't have a hispanic population to draw from here, we quite likely would have had to expand elsewhere. >> the revival of monett, missou was built upon the inflex of imgrant hispanic labor, the economic benefits are clear. the social changes are more complicated. >> the most visible part of the hispanics being here was that the municipal court records were just filled with hispanic names because of drinking and driving. and not having a drivers license. they really had to work on that idea that you're here, you got to function like we do. >> i'm 71 years old. and it's changed an awful lot. >> reporter: you don't see -- >> you don't see the overwhelming percentage of hispanics in the courthouse news today that you did see 10 and 15 years ago. the people who are here now have been here a while. and they get it. and these are folks now are buying homes, they're settling in roots. they're becoming part of the community and everybo likes that commitment. >> susie: tomorrow, we will

he quit tyson and came to work at efco industries, a factory making pella windows and doors. >> we're the largest employer in monett. so obviously we're pretty important to monett because we offer over 1200 jobs to people in the local area. >> the united states is losing moving jobs. 6 million gone in the last 20 years. but immigrants are keeping monett from being one of the losers. they are taking jobs. they are also saving them. >> there's meat packing companies in the area, and poultry processing plants that drew a hispanic population to town. the reality of it is as fast as efco is growing during the 90s and during the early part of the 2000s, if we don't have a hispanic population to draw from here, we quite likely would have had to expand elsewhere. >> the revival of monett, missouri was built upon the inflex of imgrant hispanic labor, the economic benefits are clear. the social changes are more complicated. >> the most visible part of the hispanics being here was that the municipal court records were just filled with hispanic names because of drinking and driving. and not havin