Item 459

Scope and Contents Undocumented workers in New York City helping in the clean-up effort at ground zero, but suffering the consequences. Immediately following the attack on the World Trade Center clean up works, many of them Latinos from the New York City and the surrounding areas tackled the job of getting rid of the dust and debris from what was left standing, office buildings and apartments. Hundreds of these workers were untrained day labors. And after a few months reports began to surface that these...