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12-08-2008, 07:58 PM
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Day Laborers Out In The Cold As Slump Bites
If they refuse to leave, what will they do when ALL work ends?
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PHOENIX (Reuters) - Mexican builder Juan Alcaraz stands in the chill early morning air at a day labor site in the Arizona capital and waits for a "patron" or employer to roll up and hire him. He's done a lot of that lately.
"At one time, I worked 10 days straight, now I'm lucky to get a single day," he said. "I've never seen it so tough."
Alcaraz is among thousands of day laborers, almost all of them illegal immigrants, who hire out to lay concrete, do home repairs and tidy yards across the United States and who are feeling the pinch as the fast-deepening recession takes hold.
"We're all touched by the same crisis," Benitez said. Like many others, he had considered going home but rejected it.
"In any case, how are we going to return? With what money?"
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Day laborers out in the cold as slump bites | U.S. | Reuters |
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12-08-2008, 08:14 PM
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Originally Posted by Benicar
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Where I live, we have got along quite well without illegal day laborers. I think the illegal day laborers need us more than we need them. |
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12-08-2008, 08:14 PM
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My heart bleeds for them.Perhaps we should take up a collection for them until the recession ends. Sort of like how they took up a collection for all the legals they lowballed out of work. OH wait thats right they didn't care who got screwed out of a job. I guess they could always skulk their way back the way they came then.
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12-08-2008, 08:28 PM
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I’m really becoming concerned that those unable to find work will resort to violent crime -- muggings, home invasions, etc.
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12-08-2008, 08:59 PM
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The land of bougainvillea, citrus and palm trees
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Location: Mesa, Az
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Originally Posted by Benicar
I’m really becoming concerned that those unable to find work will resort to violent crime -- muggings, home invasions, etc.
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Not advisable here in Arizona-------------this state is quite liberal where self defense rights are concerned.  |
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12-08-2008, 09:07 PM
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Originally Posted by ArizonaBear
Not advisable here in Arizona-------------this state is quite liberal where self defense rights are concerned. |
Likewise, it would be a HUGE mistake for them to enter my house.  |
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