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They hire day laborers to pick the apples.
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Many day laborers are undocumented immigrants looking for work and a fair wage in appropriate and safe working conditions.
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Stephanie Elam, CNN Money, 2 May 2025
Fields and Clanton had similar jobs, finding and recruiting day laborers to work on big construction sites, and about a year before the robbery, the two men’s companies had a dispute over a competing bid, Fields testified.
—John Annese, New York Daily News, 21 Apr. 2025
Earlier this year, U.S. Border Patrol agents conducted a three-day raid in rural parts of Kern County targeting Latino farmworkers and day laborers.
—Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 23 Apr. 2025
Fahad Shah In Kashmir, the average day laborer earns $8.
—Fahad Shah, Christian Science Monitor, 2 Apr. 2025
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Stephanie Elam, CNN Money, 2 May 2025
Fields and Clanton had similar jobs, finding and recruiting day laborers to work on big construction sites, and about a year before the robbery, the two men’s companies had a dispute over a competing bid, Fields testified.
—John Annese, New York Daily News, 21 Apr. 2025
Earlier this year, U.S. Border Patrol agents conducted a three-day raid in rural parts of Kern County targeting Latino farmworkers and day laborers.
—Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 23 Apr. 2025
Fahad Shah In Kashmir, the average day laborer earns $8.
—Fahad Shah, Christian Science Monitor, 2 Apr. 2025
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“Day laborer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/day%20laborer. Accessed 15 May. 2025.
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