Orange County May Give Day Laborers Permits
"The Orange City Council today will discuss a far-reaching, multipronged
approach to dealing with the problems surrounding day laborers in the city. Among the proposals: having day laborers obtain and display a permit issued by the city. In a report obtained by The Orange County Register, City Attorney David DeBerry is urging changes in the way the city-operated day-labor Resource Center operates and increasing enforcement at sites around the city where day laborers solicit work," the Orange County Register reports. "DeBerry's report says 80 percent of the workers who use the Resource Center do not comply with federal immigration laws and that many are from outside the city. The report says workers come from Anaheim and Santa Ana because the Orange center is less crowded and the pay is better."
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