USA TODAY
FREEHOLD, New Jersey -- Every day, Joe Boguslawski watches the workers gather around his shop.
They arrive as early as 5 a.m. and line busy Throckmorton Street. One by one, they jump into pickups and SUVs, hired on the spot for painting, dry wall, landscaping and other odd jobs. Others linger into the afternoon hoping for a late-day assignment.
Boguslawski says the day laborers are hurting his motorcycle parts and accessories business, Mr. Cycle Parts.
"I don't have regular foot traffic anymore," Boguslawski, 46, said. "That doesn't exist."
Day laborers that crowd intersections and parking lots are perhaps the most visible examples of illegal immigration. The Center for the Study of Urban Poverty at the University of California, Los Angeles, estimates there are more than 100,000 of these workers across the United States.
Posted by Richard at October 24, 2005