Gaithersburg Officials Back Day-Labor Center in Maryland

“After a candlelight vigil for immigrant rights outside City Hall, a majority of the Gaithersburg City Council this week spoke in favor of opening a county-funded center to help day laborers find work and fair pay.

At the crowded council meeting Monday night, several Latino immigrants spoke — some in Spanish, some near tears — to council members and asked them to allow a worker center similar to those operating in Silver Spring and Wheaton.”

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