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Immigrant Day Laborers Help Build First Fort To Protect Washington: Posted May 20, 2011 by Patrick Young, Esq. Permalink Comments; The Immigrants' Civil War.; Read More from Featured Content
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Working With Immigrant Day Laborers, Merrick Resident Finds Cultural Lessons—and New Friends: Posted October 15, 2010 by Ted Hesson Permalink Comments; Online editor Ted Hesson catches up with Liz O’Shaughnessy.; Read More from Featured Content
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In Tough Economic Times, Day Laborers on the East End Fight for Delinquent Wages: Posted August 9, 2010 by Ted Hesson Permalink Comments; Some contractors won't pay up.; Read More from Featured Content
Tags : day laborers, east end, fair wages, hispanic apostolate of the north fork, sister kelly carpenter, sister margaret smyth, wages

Newsday and New York Times Editorials on Immigration: Posted July 5, 2010 by Patrick Young, Esq. Permalink Comments; Both call for Washington to address immigration reform.; Read More from Our Blog
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Day Laborer Groups Take Oyster Bay to Court Over Anti-Solicitation Ordinance: Posted May 18, 2010 by Ted Hesson Permalink Comments; The NYCLU, ACLU, and LatinoJustice PRLDEF are representing laborers.; Read More from Our Blog
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Answer Man: Day Laborer Hiring Site in Huntington Station Should Stay Open: Posted May 12, 2010 by Ted Hesson Permalink Comments; David Sperling, Esq., who blogs here as The Answer Man, opines on the imminent closing.; Read More from Our Blog
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New York Times on Long Island day laborers: Posted May 11, 2009 by Patrick Young, Esq. Permalink Comments; A prayer for a miracle.; Read More from Our Blog
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The Farmingville Crucible: From Resistance to Violence Part II: Posted February 19, 2008 by Patrick Young, Esq. Permalink Comments; On September 17, 2000, two young men (one a resident of Queens) picked up two Mexican workers at one of the corners in Farmingville, ostensibly for work repairing a floor. At an abandoned building in Selden, a nearby town, they brutally attacked them with shovels and a knife.; Read More from Our Blog
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