Undocumented Immigrants Losing Homes during Pandemic
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Sotero Cirilo stands near the tent, left, where he sleeps next to other homeless people in the Queens borough of New York, Wednesday, April 14, 2021.
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Sotero Cirilo sleeps in a small plastic shelter under a train bridge in Elmhurst, Queens, in New York City.
The 55-year-old immigrant from Mexico once made $800 per week at two New York restaurants. But they closed when the COVID-19 pandemic started. A few months later, he could not pay the
rent for his room. I never thought I would end up like this, like I am today, he said in Spanish.
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Some immigrants lose homes in pandemic’s economic fallout
Claudia Torrens
The Associated Press
NEW YORK Sotero Cirilo sleeps in a small blue tent under a train track bridge in Elmhurst, Queens.
The 55-year-old immigrant from Mexico used to make $800 per week at two Manhattan restaurants, which closed when the COVID-19 pandemic started. A few months later, he couldn’t afford the rent of his Bronx room, and afterward, of another room in Queens he moved into.
“I never thought I would end up like this, like I am today,” he said in Spanish, his eyes filling up with tears.
NEW YORK Sotero Cirilo sleeps in a small blue tent under a train track bridge in Elmhurst, Queens. The 55-year-old immigrant from Mexico used to make $800 per week at two Manhattan restaurants, which closed when the COVID-19 pandemic started. A few months later, he couldn’t afford the rent of his Bronx room, and […]