As Houston struggles to rebuild homes and businesses that were destroyed by Harvey, the sprawling metropolis’ day laborers—many of whom are toiling in dangerous conditions amid fear of being picked up by immigration authorities—are facing a harsh reality.
Guillermo Miranda Vazquez starts his day in a parking lot near the Home Depot where he easily finds work alongside other day laborers, the Associated Press reported.
Miranda clears rotted drywall, hauls out rotting furniture, chops damaged trees or helps lay the foundations for new homes. Often he’s wearing only a T-shirt, work pants and tennis shoes while surrounded by the pungent stench and raw sewage that flowed into homes during the flooding.
“I always wash and scrub myself, and I use alcohol or something similar so that I don't get infected,” said Miranda, a native of Guatemala. “I haven't gotten sick yet.”
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6 comments:
Are we supposed to feel sorry for them? Illegal immigrants don't get rights or labor law protection. Want to be safe in your job? Should have come here legally and gotten legitimate employment.
Thanks for the information, Mr. Perdue.
Basic Human Rights should apply to all humans regardless of legal status. People who work deserve to get paid. Slavery days are over.
4:08, those jobs should be manned by legal residents of the US so our money stays here. Many other countries including Mexico and Guatemala get hurricane damaged, and those here illegally can go home and work in their own country.
We have rules, and so do they, and for good reason.
There is a labor shortage. There is work to be done. You can’t hire gringos to work in these conditions. They won’t take the jobs. If it wasn’t for day laborers this work goes undone. Latinos are hard workers. Gringos are not.
Wrong, snowflake . Basic human rights are food and water . Nobody deprived them of that . Did you even read the article ? Safe and fair working conditions are for legal citizens with ligitimate employment .... not for people who pay no taxes and do not obey the law .
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