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MECCA, Calif. â Advocacy groups are heading into farm fields in California to bring vaccines and information to migrant laborers in Spanish and other languages.
Some immigrants in the country illegally may fear that information taken during vaccinations could be turned over to authorities and not seek out vaccines. Those who speak little or no English may find it difficult to access shots.
These challenges are particularly worrying for Latino immigrants, who make a large portion of the workforce in industries where they have a significant risk of exposure.
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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.
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“What could we do?” said Aguilar, 37.
Now the couple is awaiting answers from the new president.
Hours ahead of Joe Biden’s inauguration, incoming White House officials released more details of the president-elect’s ambitious legislative proposals on immigration reform, including a pathway to U.S. citizenship for an estimated 11 million people and a series of executive actions, among them an immediate stop to construction of fencing along the southern border.
The incoming administration described its package as a common-sense approach to modernizing and restoring humanity to the immigration system following four years of President Donald Trump’s systematic crackdown on both legal and illegal immigration.