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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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  • Omar Dominguez, of Indio, California, lounges in the back of his vintage, grafitti'd Ford truck, making a phone call during the Dr. George Car Show, held at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden in Indian Wells, California, on February 14, 2009. Omar and his friends painted the entirely grafitti covered vehicle themselves.  Photo by Jen Klewitz
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  • Dan Smith, of Palm Springs California, examines an antique-laden vintage truck on display at the Dr. George Car Show, held at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden in Indian Wells, California, on February 14, 2009.  Photo by Jen Klewitz
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