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Around 120,000 day laborers stand on streets around the country waiting for employees to offer them work. But the coronavirus pandemic has drastically decreased the jobs available to them.
With no money and unable to find work in Mexico, David came to the United States 12 years ago. He first immigrated to California. Some of his extended family lived in North Carolina, and they told him there were more job opportunities in Charlotte, so in 2010 he left for North Carolina.
WFAE is not using David’s full name because he is not in the country legally and he fears for his safety.