Lured, used -- and now that the rebuilding is done, thrown away to be deported: “Federal contractors lured them here from other states after airing Spanish television ads that promised high hourly wages and no threat of deportation. The employers could hire undocumented immigrants because President Bush had temporarily suspended certain labor laws in the hurricanes aftermath.” -- National Journal Its not fair to treat us like this. We rebuilt the city, ---Jimmy Barraza, an undocumented immigrant from Honduras with 3 US citizen daughters. We did the dirtiest work, cleaning out the worms from refrigerators and throwing out dead animals. -- Jimmy Barraza “Barraza has seen immigration agents raid his apartment complex…three times in the past year and a half. The second time, he and his wife were unloading groceries from their car when half a dozen agents surrounded them, guns drawn. They handcuffed Barraza and took his wallet before he could say a word.” Honestly, I never thought it would happen to me… I never thought someone would separate me from my daughters. --- Jimmy Barraza
Posted on: Tue, 28 Oct 2014 17:30:00 +0000
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