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Immigrants leaving as jobs vanish
Workers who two years ago barely kept up with the frantic building pace now pray to find any work.
The lack of steady income has reached a crisis point as workers -- mostly immigrants from Mexico and other parts of Latin America -- run out of money, say community advocates in Apopka, Pierson, Haines City and Auburndale.
Though some workers are leaving for other parts of the United States, some are returning to their home countries -- their lives shattered by debt, foreclosures and repossessions.
"This is something that is very painful for families," said the Rev. Jorge Torres Vergara, a Roman Catholic priest who ministers to a large Hispanic congregation at St. Ann Catholic Church in Haines City. "There are people who are losing their homes and do not even have money for gas."
Orlando Sentinel 2/29/08
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/community/news/apopka/orl-hispworkers2808feb28,0,528085.story
Immigrants leaving as jobs vanish
Workers who two years ago barely kept up with the frantic building pace now pray to find any work.
The lack of steady income has reached a crisis point as workers -- mostly immigrants from Mexico and other parts of Latin America -- run out of money, say community advocates in Apopka, Pierson, Haines City and Auburndale.
Though some workers are leaving for other parts of the United States, some are returning to their home countries -- their lives shattered by debt, foreclosures and repossessions.
"This is something that is very painful for families," said the Rev. Jorge Torres Vergara, a Roman Catholic priest who ministers to a large Hispanic congregation at St. Ann Catholic Church in Haines City. "There are people who are losing their homes and do not even have money for gas."
Orlando Sentinel 2/29/08
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/community/news/apopka/orl-hispworkers2808feb28,0,528085.story
