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They hire day laborers to pick the apples.
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For example, on Sunday, May 3, seven Latino day laborers were waiting for short-term work opportunities outside of their usual spot, a Pep Boys auto shop in Pico-Union.
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V.n. Trinh / Made By History, TIME, 27 Jan. 2025
Advocates on the scene, meanwhile, said that the operation indiscriminately targeted Latino farmworkers and day laborers, and that far more people were detained.
—Rebecca Plevin, Los Angeles Times, 25 Jan. 2025
The group supports day laborers, who often count on work in upscale neighborhoods like the Palisades.
—Orlando Mayorquín, New York Times, 16 Jan. 2025
Key to that endeavor are the mostly undocumented day laborers who often do the physically taxing and dangerous work of clearing the rubble after a natural disaster recedes.
—Samantha Delouya, CNN, 24 Jan. 2025
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V.n. Trinh / Made By History, TIME, 27 Jan. 2025
Advocates on the scene, meanwhile, said that the operation indiscriminately targeted Latino farmworkers and day laborers, and that far more people were detained.
—Rebecca Plevin, Los Angeles Times, 25 Jan. 2025
The group supports day laborers, who often count on work in upscale neighborhoods like the Palisades.
—Orlando Mayorquín, New York Times, 16 Jan. 2025
Key to that endeavor are the mostly undocumented day laborers who often do the physically taxing and dangerous work of clearing the rubble after a natural disaster recedes.
—Samantha Delouya, CNN, 24 Jan. 2025
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“Day laborer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/day%20laborer. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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