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  • Antonio Bernabe talks to two Guatemalan immigrant day laborers near the corner of Kester Blvd. and Oxnard Ave., in Van Nuys, California, on Dec. 9, 2009. The two men he is speaking to, who wished to remain unidentified, were young Guatemalans, of 17 and 18 years of age, who had crossed both the Guatemala-Mexico, and U.S.-Mexico borders in perilous circumstances in the hope of having a better life in the U.S., and income to send back to their impoverished families in Guatemala. Bernabe was visiting the day laborers waiting on the street corner for work on behalf of the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles (CHIRLA). He spoke to the men and handed out flyers informing laborers of a new city ordinance that affects their right to hold employers accountable who fail to pay them for their day's work.  Bernabe, originally of Guanajuato, Mexico, and now U.S. citizen and resident of Van Nuys, California, is a day laborer organizer and has worked for CHIRLA for 12 years. In his current position, he is responsible for executing educational programs for day laborers in the greater Los Angeles area. Bernabe's programs include campaigns to inform workers of their rights, inform them about immigration and work law, and to inform them about access to social services such as health care, English classes, and paths to residency and citizenship. Bernabe, who was once himself a day laborer, works for the betterment of the community and for immigrant rights.  Day laborers are workers in manual labor fields, such as home construction and painting, who solicit temporary work, often from public street corners. Day laborers are made up of American citizens, documented immigrants, and most commonly, undocumented immigrants, all of whom are unable to find other work or regular employment. A majority of the day laborers in the Los Angeles area are from Central America and are Spanish speakers. Photo by Jen Klewitz
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  • Image from an immigration rights march held in Chinatown, Los Angeles, Calif., on December 18, 2009, in honor of International Migrant's Day. Multiple immigrant rights groups from the Los Angeles community were in attendance. Photo by Jen Klewitz
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  • An unidentified day laborers listen to Antonio Bernabe (not shown) speak at the Balboa Day Labor Center in Van Nuys, California, on Dec. 7, 2009. The man in this image reads one of the informational flyers Bernabe has handed out regarding the legal rights of day laborers. Bernabe was visiting the center on behalf of the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles (CHIRLA), delivering an educational program informing laborers of a new city ordinance that affects their right to hold employers accountable who fail to pay them for their day's work. Bernabe, originally of Guanajuato, Mexico, and now U.S. citizen and resident of Van Nuys, California, is a day laborer organizer and has worked for CHIRLA for 12 years. In his current position, he is responsible for executing educational programs for day laborers in the greater Los Angeles area. Bernabe's programs include campaigns to inform workers of their rights, inform them about immigration and work law, and to inform them about access to social services such as health care, English classes, and paths to residency and citizenship. Bernabe, who was once himself a day laborer, works for the betterment of the community and for immigrant rights.  Day laborers are workers in manual labor fields, such as home construction and painting, who solicit temporary work, often from public street corners. Day laborers are made up of American citizens, documented immigrants, and most commonly, undocumented immigrants, all of whom are unable to find other work or regular employment. A majority of the day laborers in the Los Angeles area are from Central America and are Spanish speakers. Photo by Jen Klewitz
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  • Unidentified day laborers listen to Antonio Bernabe (not shown) speak at the Balboa Day Labor Center in Van Nuys, Calif., on Dec. 7, 2009. Bernabe was visiting the center on behalf of the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles (CHIRLA), delivering an educational program informing laborers of a new city ordinance that affects their right to hold employers accountable who fail to pay them for their day's work. Bernabe, originally of Guanajuato, Mexico, and now U.S. citizen and resident of Van Nuys, California, is a day laborer organizer and has worked for CHIRLA for 12 years. In his current position, he is responsible for executing educational programs for day laborers in the greater Los Angeles area. Bernabe's programs include campaigns to inform workers of their rights, inform them about immigration and work law, and to inform them about access to social services such as health care, English classes, and paths to residency and citizenship. Bernabe, who was once himself a day laborer, works for the betterment of the community and for immigrant rights.  Day laborers are workers in manual labor fields, such as home construction and painting, who solicit temporary work, often from public street corners. Day laborers are made up of American citizens, documented immigrants, and most commonly, undocumented immigrants, all of whom are unable to find other work or regular employment. A majority of the day laborers in the Los Angeles area are from Central America and are Spanish speakers. Photo by Jen Klewitz..Photo by Jen Klewitz
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  • Day Laborers, who wished to remain unidentified, listen to Antonio Bernabe speak at the North Hollywood Day Laborer Center, in North Hollywood, California, on December 4, 2009. Bernabe was visiting the center on behalf of the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles (CHIRLA), delivering an educational program informing laborers of a new city ordinance that affects their right to hold employers accountable who fail to pay them for their day's work. Bernabe, originally of Guanajuato, Mexico, and now U.S. citizen and resident of Van Nuys, California, is a day laborer organizer and has worked for CHIRLA for 12 years. In his current position, he is responsible for executing educational programs for day laborers in the greater Los Angeles area. Bernabe's programs include campaigns to inform workers of their rights, inform them about immigration and work law, and to inform them about access to social services such as health care, English classes, and paths to residency and citizenship. Bernabe, who was once himself a day laborer, works for the betterment of the community and for immigrant rights.  Day laborers are workers in manual labor fields, such as home construction and painting, who solicit temporary work, often from public street corners. Day laborers are made up of American citizens, documented immigrants, and most commonly, undocumented immigrants, all of whom are unable to find other work or regular employment. A majority of the day laborers in the Los Angeles area are from Central America and are Spanish speakers. Photo by Jen Klewitz
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  • Antonio Bernabe pauses on the corner of Kester Blvd. and Oxnard Ave., in Van Nuys, Calif., on Dec. 9, 2009. Bernabe was visiting the day laborers waiting on the street corner for work on behalf of the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles (CHIRLA). He spoke to the men and handed out flyers informing laborers of a new city ordinance that affects their right to hold employers accountable who fail to pay them for their day's work. Bernabe, originally of Guanajuato, Mexico, and now U.S. citizen and resident of Van Nuys, California, is a day laborer organizer and has worked for CHIRLA for 12 years. In his current position, he is responsible for executing educational programs for day laborers in the greater Los Angeles area. Bernabe's programs include campaigns to inform workers of their rights, inform them about immigration and work law, and to inform them about access to social services such as health care, English classes, and paths to residency and citizenship. Bernabe, who was once himself a day laborer, works for the betterment of the community and for immigrant rights.  Day laborers are workers in manual labor fields, such as home construction and painting, who solicit temporary work, often from public street corners. Day laborers are made up of American citizens, documented immigrants, and most commonly, undocumented immigrants, all of whom are unable to find other work or regular employment. A majority of the day laborers in the Los Angeles area are from Central America and are Spanish speakers. Photo by Jen Klewitz
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  • Antonio Bernabe, left, talks with day laborer Luis Flores, right, at the North Hollywood Labor Center, in North Hollywood, California, on December 4, 2009. Flores, who had recently suffered a back injury that left him in a great deal of pain and made him unable to perform manual labor, was discussing options for financial and medical help with Bernabe. Bernabe was visiting the center on behalf of the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles (CHIRLA), delivering an educational program informing laborers of a new city ordinance that affects their right to hold employers accountable who fail to pay them for their day's work. Bernabe, originally of Guanajuato, Mexico, and now U.S. citizen and resident of Van Nuys, California, is a day laborer organizer and has worked for CHIRLA for 12 years. In his current position, he is responsible for executing educational programs for day laborers in the greater Los Angeles area. Bernabe's programs include campaigns to inform workers of their rights, inform them about immigration and work law, and to inform them about access to social services such as health care, English classes, and paths to residency and citizenship. Bernabe, who was once himself a day laborer, works for the betterment of the community and for immigrant rights.  Day laborers are workers in manual labor fields, such as home construction and painting, who solicit temporary work, often from public street corners. Day laborers are made up of American citizens, documented immigrants, and most commonly, undocumented immigrants, all of whom are unable to find other work or regular employment. A majority of the day laborers in the Los Angeles area are from Central America and are Spanish speakers. Photo by Jen KlewitzPhoto by Jen Klewitz
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  • An unidentified member of the band Journaleros del Norte, whose members are all immigrant day laborers, surveys the crowd from the back of a flatbed truck serving as a rolling stage during a concert at a peaceful Thanksgiving march to honor immigrant rights. The Journaleros del Norte play original music with lyrics that tell of the lives and challenges of journaleros, or day laborers. Some marchers in the crowd carried white crosses to represent those who died attempting to cross the U.S.-Mexico border during the previous year. The crosses are labeled with the names of men and women, their age, and the approximate date of their death.  The march was put on by the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles (CHIRLA), an immigration rights group based in Los Angeles, Calif., and took place in North Hollywood, California on November 25, 2009.  Photo by Jen Klewitz
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  • Ricardo Perez pauses to survey the crowd during a peaceful Thanksgiving march to honor immigrant rights, put on by the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles (CHIRLA), an immigration rights group based in Los Angeles, California. The march took place in North Hollywood, California, on November 25, 2009. Some marchers, including Perez, carried white crosses to represent those who died attempting to cross the U.S.-Mexico border during the previous year. The crosses are labeled with the names of men and women, their age, and the approximate date of their death. Photo by Jen Klewitz
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  • Day laborers line up to participate in a peaceful Thanksgiving march to honor immigrant rights, put on by the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles (CHIRLA), an immigration rights group based in Los Angeles, California. The march  included multiple community groups and organizations and took place in North Hollywood, California, on November 25, 2009. Photo by Jen Klewitz.
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  • Community members line up along Sherman Way, in North Hollywood, California, to participate in a peaceful Thanksgiving march to honor immigrant rights, put on by the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles (CHIRLA), an immigration rights group based in Los Angeles, California. The march took place in North Hollywood, California, on November 25, 2009. Some marchers carried white crosses to represent those who died attempting to cross the U.S.-Mexico border during the previous year. The crosses are labeled with the names of men and women, their age, and the approximate date of their death. Photo by Jen Klewitz
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  • Image from an immigration rights march held in downtown Los Angeles, Calif., on March 27,  2009.  Photo by Jen Klewitz
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  • Image from an immigration rights march held in downtown Los Angeles, Calif., on March 27,  2009.  Photo by Jen Klewitz
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  • Image from an immigration rights march held in downtown Los Angeles, Calif., on March 27,  2009.  Photo by Jen Klewitz
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  • Image from an immigration rights march held in downtown Los Angeles, California, on March 27,  2009.  Photo by Jen Klewitz
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  • Day laborers, who wished to remain unidentified, wait for work at the North Hollywood Day Labor Center, in North Hollywood, California, on December 4, 2009. They are seated in front of the community vegetable garden sponsored by the center. Day laborers are workers in manual labor fields, such as home construction and painting, who solicit temporary work, often from public street corners. Day laborers are made up of American citizens, documented immigrants, and most commonly, undocumented immigrants, all of whom are unable to find other work or regular employment. A majority of the day laborers in the Los Angeles area are from Central America and are Spanish speakers. Photo by Jen Klewitz
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  • Day laborers pose for a photo in the early morning light while waiting for work on the corner of Kester Blvd. and Oxnard Ave., in Van Nuys, California, on December 9, 2009. Day laborers are workers in manual labor fields, such as home construction and painting, who solicit temporary work, often from public street corners. Day laborers are made up of American citizens, documented immigrants, and most commonly, undocumented immigrants, all of whom are unable to find other work or regular employment. A majority of the day laborers in the Los Angeles area are from Central America and are Spanish speakers. Photo by Jen Klewitz
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  • Women gather at the door of a local store selling quinceñera gowns in downtown Los Angeles, California. They have gathered to watch an immigrant rights march process down South Main Street, past the door of the shop, on March 27, 2009.  Photo by Jen Klewitz
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