An Immigrant Died Building a Ship for the U.S. Government. His Family Got Nothing.
Elmer Pérez was one of many immigrants hired by U.S. shipbuilders to fill the urgent need for skilled labor. These workers do the same jobs and take the same risks as their American counterparts, but ...
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He died building a ship for the US government. His family got nothing
And Pérez was able to earn $23 an hour at a shipyard in Houma ... millions of others, Perez had not been able to do that legally. This spring, the secretary of Navy, Carlos del Toro, called ...