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Domestic workers in Los Angeles face financial crisis after homes they worked in were lost to the fires
ABC News | Disney ^ | January 19, 2025 | ByStephanie Mendez

Posted on 01/19/2025 12:49:52 PM PST by Oldeconomybuyer

Domestic workers in Los Angeles say they're struggling to make ends meet after the houses they worked in burned down in the deadly wildfires.

The Palisades Fire in the Pacific Palisades and the Eaton Fire in Altadena forced thousands of people to evacuate. The fires destroyed more than 12,000 structures and 27 deaths have been confirmed by officials.

According to Flor Martinez Zaragoza, founder and CEO of Celebration Nation, a non-profit organization that provides support and resources for the Indigenous and Latino community, many domestic workers now face a dire financial hardship because of their employment in areas where structures burned down.

"A lot of work is not available to them anymore, and unfortunately it's not the best time for that because of the price on food and the way the economy is right now," Martinez Zaragoza told ABC News.

"Many domestic workers, believe it or not, a lot of them happen to be undocumented, that's why they take on certain work that others might not want to do ... a lot of times these are jobs that a lot of undocumented folks obtain to be able to feed their families and since they are undocumented, their wages are lower than others," Martinez Zaragoza said.

As a result of their immigration status, Martinez Zaragoza also said that these workers often do not qualify for state or federal aid during disasters.

"Most undocumented families would not be able to get that $700 that the government is providing for everybody else, that’s unfortunately the case here, that's where we step in and that's where we provide food but also other necessities like diapers, deodorant, socks, basic essentials that they don't have to worry about," she said.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: California
KEYWORDS: aliens; eatonfire; illegalaliens; losangeles; pacificpalisades; palisadesfire; wildfires
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1 posted on 01/19/2025 12:49:52 PM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Trickle down. Gavin style.


2 posted on 01/19/2025 12:50:42 PM PST by Kudsman (Hey,, Democrat,,leave them kids alone!)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

The owners of the incinerated homes should keep paying their help. If they don’t, they are racists.


3 posted on 01/19/2025 12:51:39 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum (The worst thing about censorship is █████ ██ ████ ████ ████ █ ███████ ████. FJB.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Now maybe the Democrats will take this seriously.


4 posted on 01/19/2025 12:52:11 PM PST by Repealthe17thAmendment
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

believe it or not?


5 posted on 01/19/2025 12:55:14 PM PST by Jim Robinson (Resistance to tyranny is obedience to God.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
And all those honest citizens living month-to-month who don't have a home now? Screw them! They aren't illegals so they don't deserve any sympathy. Sympathy is only for illegals.

All those honest citizens are just going to have to clean their own houses and mow their own lawns now.


6 posted on 01/19/2025 12:55:44 PM PST by ProtectOurFreedom (They were the FA-est of times, they were the FO-est of times.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

If they’re illegal aliens, deport them all! Problem solved.


7 posted on 01/19/2025 12:57:04 PM PST by No name given ( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Not just the domestics, anyone who knows rich neighborhoods knows how busy they are during the daytime with service people and contractors, rich neighborhoods are busy, busy places during the daytime.


8 posted on 01/19/2025 12:57:18 PM PST by ansel12 ((NATO warrior under Reagan, and RA under Nixon, bemoaning the pro-Russians from Vietnam to Ukraine.))
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Article:

“a lot of them happen to be undocumented”

This is one major reason wealthy CA folks love illegal immigration.

I wonder how many CA politicians have illegal domestic help....


9 posted on 01/19/2025 12:58:07 PM PST by cgbg (It is time to pull the Deep State out of the mass media--like ticks from a dog.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
The LA fire is going to really hit the SoCal illegal alien service economic model really hard.

If Trump plays his cards right, he may just be able to bust up and reform the Democrat fraud and corruption system in LA.

10 posted on 01/19/2025 1:02:17 PM PST by rdcbn1 (TV )
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Hmmmmm... no mention of the fact that the vast majority of them double dip into welfare, free medical coverage, food stamps, rental assistance and more which actually pushes their net income over and above the average worker.


11 posted on 01/19/2025 1:02:56 PM PST by HalfIrish
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

The people who tell us to pay more taxes and to be as virtuous and benevolent as they are - for all their money, I don’t suppose they have any disability or severance packages or retirement for these people who depend on them


12 posted on 01/19/2025 1:05:51 PM PST by stanne (Because they were mesmerized by Obama, the man for whom this was named, whose name they left out of )
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
DOUBLE the financial shock if they resided in the homes they worked at.

Lose your job, your residence, and all your belongings, on the same day!

That is soul crushing bad luck.

13 posted on 01/19/2025 1:11:03 PM PST by zeestephen (Trump Landslide? Kamala lost Wisc, Mich, and Penn, by 230,000 votes.)
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To: zeestephen

Most are illegal.

They have options.


14 posted on 01/19/2025 1:13:29 PM PST by Chickensoup
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

OK...for the ones who are here legally I can feel sympathy. The wetbacks? Not so much!


15 posted on 01/19/2025 1:15:39 PM PST by Gay State Conservative (Import The Third World,Become The Third World)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Most of them will probably be getting sent home soon anyway.


16 posted on 01/19/2025 1:29:47 PM PST by Blue Collar Christian (I'm a nationalist. I'm white. How does that make me racist?)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

“”Many domestic workers, believe it or not, a lot of them happen to be undocumented”

No sh*t Sherlock.


17 posted on 01/19/2025 1:42:55 PM PST by dljordan (What would Michael Collins do?)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
unfortunately it's not the best time for that because of the price on food and the way the economy is right now," Martinez Zaragoza told ABC News.

Oh, NOW the Leftist media admit the economy is bad and the price of food is high. Higher than what, oh dear media? Higher than it was when Trump was President before?

18 posted on 01/19/2025 1:45:59 PM PST by jeffc (Resident of the free State of Florida)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

These illegals lost a job while the homeowners lost everything.


19 posted on 01/19/2025 1:59:09 PM PST by Midwesterner53
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

They should deed the property over to the workers so they could build a new barrio a feel at home.


20 posted on 01/19/2025 2:00:07 PM PST by Keyhopper (Indians had bad immigration laws)
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