Orlando-area immigrants’ construction jobs vanish

Sim�n Le�n came to the United States in 1977 with nothing. But the former migrant worker from Morole�n, Mexico, achieved the quintessential dream of owning a home and giving his children a better life.

Now after more than 30 years in Florida, he might have to return to Mexico and leave behind the little pink house in Auburndale that he has repaired and improved one tile at a time.

Le�n is among the hundreds of thousands of immigrants who benefited from the boom in construction, abandoning lower-paying agricultural and service jobs to lay stucco and nail down roofs. He and others are now finding themselves without jobs as the downturn in housing construction diminishes demand for their labor.”*

Please note that the accent problems come from the Orlando Sentinal

*From: http://www.orlandosentinel.com
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