Posted on 02/17/2005 4:50:28 PM PST by illbill
BRANCACCIO: Everything's political. Including what you just ate. They're picking vegetables for your table…the seemingly indispensable underclass that's driving our economy, from harvesting the foods we eat to building the houses we live in.
BILL HAMLIN: We put on a lot of roofing, so somebody's gotta do it, and it's those gentlemen.
BRANCACCIO: The new wave of immigrants, mainly Hispanic and often illegal. And they're here because just about everybody — from government on down — conveniently looks the other way.
And. we'll meet a man who's reaching young Spanish speakers through the power of the written word.
RUEBEN MARTINEZ: It all starts at home with the first two teachers — the parents.
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