Immigrant communities face growing threats from the escalating frequency and severity of disasters along the coast. Historically drawn to coastal states such as California, Texas, New York, New Jersey, and Florida [14,15,16,17] by economic opportunities, social networks, transportation access, and ...
The latest trends in the labor market represent a dramatic reversal for Latino workers. Hispanics lost nearly 250,000 jobs over the past year because of the recent slump in the construction sector. For several years, construction was the mainstay of job growth for Hispanic workers, especially th...