Posted by
AJH on Wednesday, March 11, 2009 2:40:47 AM
A Home Depot in Palm Beach, Florida is having problems with some day-laborers (several in the country illegally) who are becoming increasingly aggressive while searching for work. They “swarm customers in bid for work.” Why aren't these men deported, especially during a recession when work for many citizens is so hard to find?
The Home Depot is not pleased. Blaming the job seekers for causing accidents and driving away customers, the world's largest home improvement retailer has been working to discourage them from rushing vehicles in the driveways and trespassing in the parking lot.
Gonzalo Garcia of Guatemala seems like a nice man, but he's here without permission.
Garcia, an undocumented Guatemalan national who had a regular job in construction until being laid off late last year, said he and the others only want to work and have no other way to find steady pay.
"We're not here because we want to be here," he said in Spanish. "We need to be."
AJH