These immigrant workers shined a light on labor abuse. Will Trump let them stay?
National Public Radio
January 15, 20255:00 AM ET
LAS VEGAS — For months, the Arriba Las Vegas worker center was getting deluged with mail. Each day brought another hundred or so letters, addressed to immigrants working in construction, landscaping, at warehouses and in other industries.
Inside each envelope was a notice from the U.S. government to appear for fingerprinting.
The biometrics appointments represent the final step in getting the workers, who lack legal immigration status, protection from deportation and authorization to work.
"Every letter that I open — I know it's a dream," said Arriba Las Vegas organizer Karin Martinez in Spanish, as she opened the envelopes. "It's a light at the end of the tunnel for all these people."
