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Isaías Alvarado

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Emmy award-winning multimedia investigative journalist @el_pais @uninoticias @LaOpinionLA @RadioTvGuerrero. Former @UCLA & Sociologist from @UAGro_MX
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Construction workers, electricians, couriers: How ICE agents use disguises to deceive and detain migrants

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By Isaías Alvarado Verified
| El País Verified
“Buenos días,” says a man wearing an orange vest with a logo resembling that of a government agency, speaking in Spanish. His partner is dressed the same way. “We’re working for the city, we’re working on the light pole,” the purported electrician told a resident in South Los Angeles, a predominantly Hispanic area. He said they needed him to move his vehicle so they could carry out the work. It was a trap set for José de Jesús Cortez Delgado.
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$1 a day to clean a detention center: The ‘labor exploitation’ of migrants in ICE jails

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By Isaías Alvarado Verified
| El País Verified
José Luis was nicknamed “El acomedido” — The Helpful One. That was what fellow migrants at the Adelanto detention center in California called him because they saw him eat as quickly as possible and then rush to clean the tables afterward. “It was the only way to earn a little money to buy what I needed in there: instant noodles, a toothbrush. I knew my family couldn’t put money into my account,” recalls the Mexican detainee, who was recently released from the facility.
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Un dólar al día por limpiar el centro de detención: la “explotación laboral” de los migrantes en las cárceles del ICE

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By Isaías Alvarado Verified
| El País Verified
A José Luis le apodaron “El acomedido”. Así le decían otros migrantes en el centro de detención de Adelanto, en California, porque lo veían comer tan rápido como podía para luego limpiar la suciedad que quedaba en las mesas. “Era la única manera de ganar algo de dinero para comprar lo que necesitaba allí adentro: sopas, un cepillo de dientes.
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