Day Laborers Live in Fear of ICE Raids
On the edge of the parking lot of a Home Depot in Alameda County this past week, a woman sold a warm cup of atole, a traditional masa-based drink from Mexico, to a man and his son. She had just returned to her post after a week of hiding at home with her 12-year-old son after hearing rumors of an ICE raid nearby."I would rather lose a day of work than risk something happening to me," said the woman, who declined to share her name due to fear of immigration authorities. However, she said she could not afford to stay home any longer...
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