Migrants, mainly South Americans who come to the United States, risking their lives in the hope of a more comfortable life, cannot find what they are looking for. Dozens of migrants fighting for survival, every day for many hours they are waiting for accidental work on the roadsides near New York in the state of New Jersey.
They risk making long and dangerous trips in the pursuit of the “American Dream”, escaping from difficult living conditions in their country, are forced to work in the United States at daily and undigested work for low hourly payment. Most of them are illegal immigrants, looking for work in New Jersey, every early morning take backpacks and line up at the roadsides of the main streets.
Men are waiting for hours at the corners, bus stops and roadsides of roads to earn on “bread”, mainly on construction, painting, transportation of goods, and women at work such as cleaning houses. Each vehicle is a “potential employer” for them.
Most of the waiting – asylum or illegal immigrants. They do not have work permits and medical insurance.
The construction industry prefers forced workers who are called “informal labor” in the United States, because they are less expensive.
Migrants from South America, who do not want to disclose their identification data, in an interview with an agency Anadolu (AA), say that they can find work only 2-3 days a week, and living conditions in the United States are difficult.
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– It is almost impossible to find a stable job
A young man from Ecuador, says that he has been living in the United States for many years. Usually he can find work every day, because he speaks a little English, but he does not have a stable income because he does not have a constant work.
Another South American of about forty adds: “We ask for money depending on the severity of the work. For example, to transport a house with 2 bedrooms, if everything is packaged, and we just transport things, we want to get $ 200. Sometimes we work for 20- $ 25 per hour to paint the house. “
Another fellow is satisfied that he was more fortunate than his friends. He found easy work because he is a master of kitchen furniture and plumbing.
– Migrants prefer the United States because of violence and economic difficulties in their countries
Guan Carlos, a migrant from Guatemalah, says there are a lot of people from his country in the United States. They came here due to the fact that in his country a “difficult situation”.
Carlos has been in the States for 15 years, but has not been able to equip his life, earned as random daily income.
– in the USA more than 11 million illegal migrants