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Tag: mexicans and public boundaries

Posted inAsk a Mexican

Ask a Mexican: What’s the Pecking Order Among Groups of Day-Laborers?

by Gustavo Arellano April 30th, 2014December 16th, 2020

Dear Mexican: Is there a pecking order at the places where you see day-laborers waiting to be hired? What’s the hierarchy? Are all those dudes Mexican, or are some Central and South American, and if so, who has priority when the random contractor comes by to pick up a worker for the day? Also, after […]

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