Thread: N.Y.: In the Shadows, Day Laborers Left Homeless as Work Van

January 2, 2010
In the Shadows, Day Laborers Left Homeless as Work Vanishes
By FERNANDA SANTOS

Carlos Ruano was down to his last $50 when his landlord kicked him out in September because he could no longer pay rent. He sent the money to his wife and children in Guatemala and spent the night riding the E train, which has a nickname among his fellow day laborers in Woodside, Queens: “hotel ambulante,â€

Time to offer free or paid vasectomies for all the illeagals, we are going to be flooded with No Skill Labor for the rest of our days if they don't pick up and scoot out. The 'growing economy' is OVER amigo, it aint comming back either.

During every recession there are US citizens who fall through the cracks. Where are the stories on them?

Originally Posted by Captainron

During every recession there are US citizens who fall through the cracks. Where are the stories on them?

Thought the same thing Captainiron when I posted this story. However, consider the source, the NY Times.

Early last month, homeless-outreach workers from the city met with organizations that serve immigrant communities to hear about their work and to ask questions: Where could they go for free immigration advice? Can an illegal immigrant who has no ID get a new one at a consulate?



Is part of their "service" to immigrant communities to allow these people to live on the street, freeze, and go hungry? That's sure as hell what it sounds like to me.

If they truly want to be of "service" why don't they begin assisting these people in getting home to their families in their home countries? Wouldn't that be the compassionate thing to do?

But they wont because, you see, if they start walking their talk, all of these "service organizations" would face the loss of all that wonderful money flowing in in the form of grants and donations, and their so-called "advocates" would have to go out and find real jobs. They're not having any of that.......

I hear that winters are a lot milder in most parts of Mexico and Central America and one can live off less than $2 a day of rice, beans, and plantains.

No one knows for sure how many have become homeless since the downturn brought construction projects to a virtual standstill and sapped them of jobs that once paid as much as $200 a day. Most of them are illegal immigrants who may be on the streets one day and off the next, depending on their work.

$200 bucks a day and you know that was under the table!! That's a $1000 a week tax free, combined with the welfare from thrree or four anchor babies, WIC housing subsidies they steal from the tax payer etc. You now can begin to understand how well off some of these criminals really were!

The best thing to do would be to offer them a free plane ticket back to their home country.

[quote]Sipping coffee at a Colombian bakery on Roosevelt Avenue, Mr. Saldaña, Mr. Sanchez and Carlos Orellana, an Ecuadorean who has worked for 14 years as a day laborer, told of the sadness of being far from their children, whom they have watched grow in pictures that come with the occasional letter from home.

At least there was a sense of empowerment while they were able to provide for them, they said. “We were the men of the family,â€