{"id":22653,"date":"2024-07-30T08:19:48","date_gmt":"2024-07-30T13:19:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/?p=22653"},"modified":"2024-08-13T08:47:55","modified_gmt":"2024-08-13T13:47:55","slug":"chicago-jornaleros-home-depot-ecuador-venezuela-migrantes-autorizacion-de-trabajo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/es\/2024\/07\/30\/chicago-day-laborers-home-depot-ecuador-venezuela-migrants-work-authorization\/","title":{"rendered":"Tengo que encontrar trabajo\": Los jornaleros se enfrentan a una dura competencia y a escasas perspectivas de empleo"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t\t<div id=\"fws_69da2a4c2d53d\"  data-column-margin=\"default\" data-midnight=\"dark\"  class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row\"  style=\"padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; \"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\" data-bg-animation=\"none\" data-bg-animation-delay=\"\" data-bg-overlay=\"false\"><div class=\"inner-wrap row-bg-layer\" ><div class=\"row-bg viewport-desktop\"  style=\"\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12 col span_12 dark left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-2 vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone \"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-8 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col padding-3-percent inherit_tablet inherit_phone \"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \" >\n\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Squeezed among the other day laborers, Juan\u2019s eyes scan like a searchlight.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Here\u2019s a truck. It stops. Men dash up, tightly surrounding it as they lean into its windows, offering themselves up for work. Only one guy gets hired and the truck zips off.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Now, another truck, then a car, and then another car as the crowd of workers, nearly all recent immigrants from Ecuador, slowly dwindles.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"templatera_shortcode\">\n\t\t<div id=\"fws_69da2a4c2eb0a\"  data-column-margin=\"default\" data-midnight=\"dark\"  class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row vc_row-o-equal-height vc_row-flex vc_row-o-content-middle small\"  style=\"padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; \"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\" data-bg-animation=\"none\" data-bg-animation-delay=\"\" data-bg-overlay=\"false\"><div class=\"inner-wrap row-bg-layer\" ><div class=\"row-bg viewport-desktop\"  style=\"\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12 col span_12 dark left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-12 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone border_color_909090 border_style_solid \"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<div id=\"fws_69da2a4c2f63e\"  data-column-margin=\"default\" data-midnight=\"dark\"  class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row vc_row-o-equal-height vc_row-flex vc_row-o-content-middle large top_margin_20px bottom_margin_20px\"  style=\"padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; \"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\" data-bg-animation=\"none\" data-bg-animation-delay=\"\" data-bg-overlay=\"true\"><div class=\"inner-wrap row-bg-layer\" ><div class=\"row-bg viewport-desktop\"  style=\"\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row-bg-overlay row-bg-layer\" style=\"background: #FFFFFF; background: linear-gradient(90deg,#FFFFFF 0%,#FFFFFF 100%);  opacity: 1; \"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12 col span_12 dark left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-12 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col padding-3-percent force-phone-text-align-center inherit_tablet inherit_phone border_top_desktop_1px border_bottom_desktop_1px border_color_FFFFFF border_style_solid \"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"fws_69da2a4c2fd01\" data-midnight=\"\" data-column-margin=\"default\" class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row inner_row vc_row-o-equal-height vc_row-flex vc_row-o-content-middle\"  style=\"\"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\"> <div class=\"row-bg\" ><\/div> <\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12_inner col span_12  left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-7 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col child_column no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone \"   data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \" >\n\t<h4 id=\"news-that-puts-power-under-the-spotlight-and-communities-at-the-center\"><strong>News that puts power under the spotlight and communities at the center.<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Sign up for our free newsletter and get updates twice a week.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\t\t<\/div> \n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n\n\t<div style=\"margin-top: -20px; \" class=\"vc_col-sm-5 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col child_column neg-marg no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone \"   data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\n\t<div class=\"wpb_raw_code wpb_raw_html wpb_content_element\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"_form_1\"><\/div><script src=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.bluelena.io\/f\/embed.php?id=1\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<\/div> \n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \" >\n\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A middle-aged woman pulls up in a Tesla and signals to two teens who come running. She needs them to dig a trench and will pay $150 for the day plus lunch, she says. They drive off with her.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But Juan is left on the corner, watching restlessly for a job as the morning ticks away. No work for the last four days means less to live on and less to send home to his wife and three children in Ecuador.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While friends have moved on to other places across the U.S. \u2014 discouraged by the lack of work in Chicago \u2014 the 31-year-old is staying put. He comes from a small town of mostly indigenous Ecuadorians, who like himself speak Quichua as well as Spanish.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI\u2019m an optimist,\u201d he says slowly and thoughtfully in Spanish. \u201cWhether here or in my own country, I have to find work. I\u2019m giving myself three years.\u00a0 If I haven\u2019t succeeded, I\u2019m going back.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Juan said he needs to earn at least $1,400 a month to cover his expenses here and at home in Ecuador.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And so, many like Juan, gather on the edges of Home Depots across the city, where day laborers have long tried to find work in Chicago. He asked that his full name not be used.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-2 vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone \"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t<div id=\"fws_69da2a4c31931\"  data-column-margin=\"default\" data-midnight=\"dark\"  class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row article-image\"  style=\"padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; \"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\" data-bg-animation=\"none\" data-bg-animation-delay=\"\" data-bg-overlay=\"false\"><div class=\"inner-wrap row-bg-layer\" ><div class=\"row-bg viewport-desktop\"  style=\"\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12 col span_12 dark left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-12 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone \"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"img-with-aniamtion-wrap center\" data-max-width=\"100%\" data-max-width-mobile=\"default\" data-shadow=\"none\" data-animation=\"fade-in\" >\r\n      <div class=\"inner\">\r\n        <div class=\"hover-wrap\"> \r\n          <div class=\"hover-wrap-inner\">\r\n            <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-with-animation skip-lazy \" data-delay=\"0\" height=\"1280\" width=\"1920\" data-animation=\"fade-in\" src=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/20240724_DayLaborers_Web_02.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/20240724_DayLaborers_Web_02.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/20240724_DayLaborers_Web_02-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/20240724_DayLaborers_Web_02-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/20240724_DayLaborers_Web_02-240x160.jpg 240w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/20240724_DayLaborers_Web_02-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/20240724_DayLaborers_Web_02-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/20240724_DayLaborers_Web_02-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/20240724_DayLaborers_Web_02-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/20240724_DayLaborers_Web_02-1500x1000.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/20240724_DayLaborers_Web_02-1245x830.jpg 1245w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/20240724_DayLaborers_Web_02-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1450px) 75vw, (min-width: 1000px) 85vw, 100vw\" \/>\r\n         <\/div>\r\n      <\/div><span class=\"vc_figure-caption ccfic-text media-caption\">Juan of Ecuador competes with dozens of men and women from his country who are also looking for work on the edge of Home Depot\u2019s parking lot in the 1900 block of N Cicero on Wednesday, July 3, 2024.<\/span><span class=\"media-credit\">Abel Uribe for Borderless Magazine<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t<div id=\"fws_69da2a4c32648\"  data-column-margin=\"default\" data-midnight=\"dark\"  class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row\"  style=\"padding-top: 0px; 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Home improvement stores have long been the first and sometimes even the last place of work for immigrants. And now, they are where many of the latest arrivals stake out their futures as they wait out backlogged <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/2024\/05\/14\/immigration-court-federal-backlog-attorney-shortages-new-arrivals-chicago-illinois\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Immigration Court dates<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> or <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/2023\/12\/11\/tps-venezuelan-migrants-face-challenges-chicago\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">work permission authorization<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. For those who arrived with nothing but dreams, it is where they scrape daily for their existence.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They face slim prospects and stiff competition among dozens and dozens of day laborers waiting and hoping for a chance to find any type of work.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At the Home Depot where Juan is waiting, security and police regularly push the workers back off the company\u2019s property and onto sidewalks. But the workers slowly drift back onto the edges of the company\u2019s property or bunch up, so they can be seen waiting to be hired.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"fws_69da2a4c32ff8\" data-midnight=\"\" data-column-margin=\"default\" class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row inner_row\"  style=\"\"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\"> <div class=\"row-bg\" ><\/div> <\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12_inner col span_12  left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-12 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col child_column no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone border_bottom_desktop_1px border_color_000000 border_style_solid \"   data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"vc_separator wpb_content_element vc_separator_align_center vc_sep_width_100 vc_sep_pos_align_center vc_sep_color_black wpb_content_element vc_separator-has-text\" ><span class=\"vc_sep_holder vc_sep_holder_l\"><span class=\"vc_sep_line\"><\/span><\/span><h4 id=\"read-more-of-our-coverage\">Read More of Our Coverage<\/h4><span class=\"vc_sep_holder vc_sep_holder_r\"><span class=\"vc_sep_line\"><\/span><\/span>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"pk-inline-posts\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"pk-inline-posts-container pk-inline-posts-template-list\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-columns=\"1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<article id=\"post-22663\" class=\"post-22663 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail category-environmentandhealth category-labor category-organizing category-resources tag-workersrights\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"pk-post-outer\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pk-post-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-thumbnail\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pk-overlay pk-overlay-ratio pk-ratio-landscape\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pk-overlay-background\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/es\/2024\/07\/30\/chicago-illinois-day-labor-workers-rights-resource-guide\/\" class=\"pk-overlay-link\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/20240724_DayLaborers_Web_01-1-300x225.jpg\" class=\"attachment-pk-thumbnail size-pk-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pk-post-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<header>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"pk-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/es\/2024\/07\/30\/chicago-illinois-day-labor-workers-rights-resource-guide\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">5 Things To Know About Your Rights As a Day Laborer in Illinois<\/a><\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pk-post-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"pk-meta-author meta-author\"><span class=\"author vcard\"><a class=\"url fn n\" href=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/es\/author\/stephen-franklin\/\" title=\"View all posts by Stephen Franklin\">Stephen Franklin<\/a><\/span><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"sep\">\u00b7<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"pk-meta-date meta-date\"><a href=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/es\/2024\/07\/30\/chicago-illinois-day-labor-workers-rights-resource-guide\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">julio 30, 2024<\/a><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/header><!-- .entry-header -->\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .post-inner -->\n\n\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .post-outer -->\n\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\t\t<\/div> \n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \" >\n\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Day laborers dig trenches. They paint. They move furniture. They do construction and demolition work. They wash dishes. Some bring the skills they learned at home, and some come with only two arms and a strong back and hope that they get paid and not hurt and that there\u2019s more work tomorrow. Few carry any tools. And some look like they are in their mid or late teens.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There are women, mostly older, sitting quietly among a smattering of teenage girls, and they huddle or crouch on the ground in groups, waiting for jobs mainly as domestic workers.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pressing up against the windows or trucks, they make their deals in Spanish or a few words of English or sign. They usually don\u2019t know where they are going, who they are working for, or what if any dangers or problems they will face. But it\u2019s work.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After several days of standing on the streets and talking with handfuls of immigrants, they explained that the long time spent waiting for work in Chicago these days is due to more competition and fewer people needing them.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They also explain that day labor comes with heartbreak. Organizer Harold Jesus de Morales has learned this in the last eight months working for the Latino <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.latinounion.org\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Union<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Chicago\u2019s oldest day labor organization.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And it clearly troubles him as he whips through recollections of what he has heard from the workers.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-2 vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone \"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t<div class=\"wpb_widgetised_column wpb_content_element\">\n\t\t<div id=\"sidebar\" data-nectar-ss=\"true\" class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div id=\"custom_html-4 1articleright\" class=\"widget_text widget widget_custom_html\"><h3 id=\"wordpress-popular-posts\" class=\"widget-title\">WordPress Popular Posts<\/h3><div class=\"textwidget custom-html-widget\"><h4 id=\"trending-posts\" class=\"widget-title\">Trending Posts<\/h4><div class=\"wpp-shortcode\"><script type=\"application\/json\" data-id=\"wpp-shortcode-inline-js\">{\"title\":\"Trending Posts\",\"limit\":\"3\",\"offset\":0,\"range\":\"custom\",\"time_quantity\":\"124\",\"time_unit\":\"day\",\"freshness\":\"1\",\"order_by\":\"views\",\"post_type\":\"post\",\"pid\":\"\",\"exclude\":\"\",\"cat\":\"\",\"taxonomy\":\"category\",\"term_id\":\"\",\"author\":\"\",\"shorten_title\":{\"active\":false,\"length\":0,\"words\":false},\"post-excerpt\":{\"active\":false,\"length\":0,\"keep_format\":false,\"words\":false},\"thumbnail\":{\"active\":true,\"build\":\"predefined\",\"width\":\"240\",\"height\":\"160\"},\"rating\":false,\"stats_tag\":{\"comment_count\":false,\"views\":false,\"author\":false,\"date\":{\"active\":false,\"format\":\"F j, Y\"},\"category\":false,\"taxonomy\":{\"active\":false,\"name\":\"category\"}},\"markup\":{\"custom_html\":true,\"wpp-start\":\"&lt;ul class=&quot;wpp-list wpp-cardview&quot;&gt;\",\"wpp-end\":\"&lt;\\\/ul&gt;\",\"title-start\":\"&lt;h4 class=&quot;widget-title&quot;&gt;\",\"title-end\":\"&lt;\\\/h4&gt;\",\"post-html\":\"&lt;li&gt;{thumb} {title} {stats}&lt;\\\/li&gt;\"},\"theme\":{\"name\":\"\"}}<\/script><div class=\"wpp-shortcode-placeholder\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div> \n\t<\/div> \n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t<div id=\"fws_69da2a4c3711b\"  data-column-margin=\"default\" data-midnight=\"dark\"  class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row article-image\"  style=\"padding-top: 0px; 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padding-bottom: 0px; \"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\" data-bg-animation=\"none\" data-bg-animation-delay=\"\" data-bg-overlay=\"false\"><div class=\"inner-wrap row-bg-layer\" ><div class=\"row-bg viewport-desktop\"  style=\"\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12 col span_12 dark left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-2 vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone \"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-8 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col padding-3-percent inherit_tablet inherit_phone \"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \" >\n\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They are workers who told him how they were paid only $30 for a whole day\u2019s labor instead of the $150 they say they should regularly receive. Or, they worked for a day and then were not paid and held at gunpoint and warned not to complain to anyone, or were taken on jobs for long stints across the country and not paid.\u00a0 \u201cIt\u2019s like human trafficking,\u201d he says.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI\u2019ve not met one worker who has not had their wages stolen from them,\u201d said de Morales, 29, who is originally from Ponce, Puerto Rico. But the workers usually don\u2019t complain \u201cbecause they say they are immigrants and they don\u2019t have rights,\u201d he says.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But that is not true. They do have rights, he says.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Standing among a group of workers on the edge of a Home Depot at 45<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">th<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and South Western Ave., he recounts the abuses they face, and the men nod in agreement. Then he tells them what they can do about it.\u00a0 One solution, for example, is to join his group, which can help them file complaints. (Membership for the group costs $40 a year. However, no one is turned away if they are unable to pay).\u00a0 He also urges them to take an English class that he can set up so they can learn their rights.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They can file their complaints about rights abuses with officials in Spanish, but English gives them a foot up in maneuvering daily, let alone helps them gain information that they may need later.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However, he later explains to Borderless reporters that winning their rights is challenging. There are too many complaints for his small agency to handle, the paperwork and reporting are too complicated for the workers, and the process takes too long.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Evelyn Vargas, head of organizing for the Latino Union, says she has \u201csubmitted a few complaints [to the Illinois Department of Labor] and haven\u2019t had any that have been resolved.\u201d One that she filed nearly three years ago still hasn\u2019t resulted in the worker receiving a month\u2019s wages that weren\u2019t paid.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The state\u2019s Labor Department has, indeed, received day laborers\u2019 complaints about wage theft and \u201cknows about the horror stories,\u201d says spokesman Paul Cicchini.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However, acting on the complaints has been \u201cproblematic\u201d if the workers do not know who they worked for the date and if they wrongly file under the state law dealing with day laborers instead of under the laws dealing with wage theft.\u00a0 Cases involving trafficking and gun threats should be directed to local police or federal agencies, he adds.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As a solution, the state has sponsored workshops with the day laborers through the Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.icirr.org\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rights<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the Illinois Venezuelan <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ilvenalliance.org\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Alliance,<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.chicagoworkerscollaborative.org\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Chicago<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Workers Collaborative to \u201ceducate\u201d workers on their rights and how to file complaints.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Amid the boredom and wilting heat, the workers don\u2019t talk much about these problems, however.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rather, they talk about the harsh realities of where they came from, how much they need to pay their rent and buy food, and, if lucky, whether they will be able to send money back home. 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Those who spoke out against the government disappeared or suffered in other ways at the hands of the government and its allies.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Collectively, they explain how they made their way north, crawling and scratching their way through the horrors of Panama\u2019s Darien Gap, a tropical jungle. They speak on how they had to pay money all along the route to coyotes or smugglers, corrupt police, drivers willing to take groups north while skirting police checks, and the hostels and businesses that live off the immigrant stream.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And so, they join the waves of poor or politically or socially endangered headed north toward the American dream.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The economic death of Venezuela\u2019s economy sent Argenis on the road in 2018. He had taken part in protests against the government that put him in danger and sent him packing, the 37-year-old said, who asked only to be identified by his first name.\u00a0 His flight took him first to Peru, then to Chile, where making a living was easier. Without papers, however, he had to move on after three years.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Arriving in the US within the last year, he quickly made up his mind to end his immigrant wandering. That meant soon finding a lawyer and filing for asylum, which he did. Now, he awaits for permission to work.\u00a0 Asylum <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uscis.gov\/humanitarian\/refugees-and-asylum\/asylum\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">seekers <\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">can theoretically receive work permission 180 days after filing a complete asylum application. 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There\u2019s talk about moving on to other cities to find work. But one of the men shakes his head at the thought. He has heard about places in the U.S. that have passed laws, taken steps, or simply shared views that make immigrants like him feel <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/nation\/2024\/03\/22\/colorado-springs-migrants-mayor-mobolade\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">unwelcome.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI\u2019m a Venezuelan and you come here afraid, so you don\u2019t want to go to a place where you are afraid,\u201d he says, and nobody disagrees.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A car pulls up, and the driver waves to the workers. The driver is instantly surrounded by several job seekers. Only one of them gets into the car. Argenis returns to the small group, still waiting for work. It is hot, and there\u2019s no shade where he stands waiting.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hector Salas is among a bunch of workers left behind waiting on the street just outside of the Home Depot at S. Western Ave. and 46<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">th<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> St. The 44-year-old from a city in north central Venezuela is not reluctant to talk about what made him into an immigrant.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Salas has not found work in about two months and said he does not want to risk acquiring fake papers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In Venezuela, he worked in kitchens and a meat packing facility. But the work that filled him was his 14-year service as a pastor for an Evangelical church, where he had about 150 followers. He reached into his pocket to show his official pastor licenses.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-2 vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone \"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t<div id=\"fws_69da2a4c3e65f\"  data-column-margin=\"default\" data-midnight=\"dark\"  class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row article-image\"  style=\"padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; \"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\" data-bg-animation=\"none\" data-bg-animation-delay=\"\" data-bg-overlay=\"false\"><div class=\"inner-wrap row-bg-layer\" ><div class=\"row-bg viewport-desktop\"  style=\"\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12 col span_12 dark left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-12 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone \"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"img-with-aniamtion-wrap center\" data-max-width=\"100%\" data-max-width-mobile=\"default\" data-shadow=\"none\" data-animation=\"fade-in\" >\r\n      <div class=\"inner\">\r\n        <div class=\"hover-wrap\"> \r\n          <div class=\"hover-wrap-inner\">\r\n            <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-with-animation skip-lazy \" data-delay=\"0\" height=\"1206\" width=\"1920\" data-animation=\"fade-in\" src=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/20240724_DayLaborers_Web_05.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/20240724_DayLaborers_Web_05.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/20240724_DayLaborers_Web_05-1536x965.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/20240724_DayLaborers_Web_05-900x565.jpg 900w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/20240724_DayLaborers_Web_05-1245x782.jpg 1245w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/20240724_DayLaborers_Web_05-768x482.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1450px) 75vw, (min-width: 1000px) 85vw, 100vw\" \/>\r\n         <\/div>\r\n      <\/div><span class=\"vc_figure-caption ccfic-text media-caption\">Hector Salas, left, and Jose Miranda, of Venezuela, pose for a picture after talking with day labor organizers on the edge of Home Depot\u2019s parking lot in the 4500 block of South Western Blvd., on Monday, July 8, 2024.<\/span><span class=\"media-credit\">Abel Uribe for Borderless Magazine<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t<div id=\"fws_69da2a4c3f3c0\"  data-column-margin=\"default\" data-midnight=\"dark\"  class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row\"  style=\"padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; \"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\" data-bg-animation=\"none\" data-bg-animation-delay=\"\" data-bg-overlay=\"false\"><div class=\"inner-wrap row-bg-layer\" ><div class=\"row-bg viewport-desktop\"  style=\"\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12 col span_12 dark left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-2 vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone \"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-8 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col padding-3-percent inherit_tablet inherit_phone \"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \" >\n\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was his role as a pastor and his link to a local radio station that shared his criticism of the government that sent him north, leaving behind a wife and two children. The government closed the radio station. One of his colleagues disappeared without information for his family and only emerged after 45 days, saying he had been kept all that time in jail.\u00a0 \u201cThere\u2019s no public defender\u2014nobody to help you. There\u2019s only the government,\u201d he says, shaking his head.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And then local officials decided to keep Salas and his family at home for several days without explaining why. He complained to local officials, but nobody could do anything. That\u2019s when he decided to leave and make the trip all the way without a coyote to guide him. He had to; he says he didn\u2019t have much money. He left his family behind.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After four months on the road and then three months waiting at the US Mexico border, he arrived in the U.S. With help from those he met in America, he found financial support for a lawyer, filed for asylum and now awaits a court hearing.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But the wait hasn\u2019t been easy.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He lives at a refugee shelter, where he says he has met several deadlines to leave. He has not worked in two months, yet he comes every morning to wait with the others because he has nothing else to do, but he has hopes.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cIt\u2019s difficult coming here. It\u2019s hard. You can always get fake papers, but I don\u2019t want any problems.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So how does he get by?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He smiles and, without saying a word, points his fingers skyward.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>08\/01\/24: A clarification was added regarding union dues and membership.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-2 vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone \"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Inmigrantes reci\u00e9n llegados buscan trabajo como jornaleros a las puertas de las tiendas de reformas de Chicago. 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