Word: dominican
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...Crimson was my original springboard and an experience to which I constantly referred, from the summer following my freshman year to this past winter, when I applied for grant money to write in the Dominican Republic...
...graduate today. On Saturday, I leave for the Dominican Republic—a land of sun and palm trees and baseball and writing...
...cases, spent $3000 to $5000 each on recruitment, visa and travel fees. "If I got the 40 hours a week at $6 per hour promised in my contract, I knew I could pay back my debt, send money home and save for the future," says one worker from the Dominican Republic, who also requested anonymity...
...month after their arrival, the laborers say, it got worse. "We started getting less and less hours," says the Dominican guest worker, adding that he averaged 24 hours a week. Another showed lawyers a two-week pay stub...
...Workers and immigrants rights advocates acknowledge that even a Decatur suit win does little to address core issues. Only by studying workers' experiences can government create adequate reform, says one Dominican Decatur worker. "President Bush should spend a day in my shoes...