day laborer

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The day laborer center is more than just a workplace, said Jose, who asked to withhold his last name for fear of retaliation by immigration agents.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 17, 2025

Ricardo, who earns a meager income as a day laborer, shares his small single-family house with 18 other people, including his three children, parents and other extended family.

From Barron's • Oct. 17, 2025

Pedro Vásquez Perdomo, a day laborer who is one of the plaintiffs on the Southern California case challenging racial profiling by immigration enforcement, has said the case is bigger than him.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 12, 2025

He also represents the family of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a day laborer who was mistakenly deported to his native El Salvador in the spring, then returned on the order of a federal judge.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 24, 2025

"Then I certainly must despair of cure; you must yourself know that to carry on the work of a day laborer in my position is impossible."

From A Hero of the Pen by Werner, E.