day laborer
Example Sentences
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The noise is in earshot of the IDEPSCA’s day laborer center, one of five operated by the organization that have supported workers for over two decades.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 17, 2025
Ricardo, who earns a meager income as a day laborer, shares his small single-family house with 18 other people, including his three children, parents and other extended family.
From Barron's ● Oct. 17, 2025
Pedro Vásquez Perdomo, a day laborer who is one of the plaintiffs on the Southern California case challenging racial profiling by immigration enforcement, has said the case is bigger than him.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2025
He also represents the family of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a day laborer who was mistakenly deported to his native El Salvador in the spring, then returned on the order of a federal judge.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2025
His working in a furniture factory or for the railroad as a day laborer for his health simply added to his picturesque character.
From The "Genius" by Theodore Dreiser
