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Hispanic Workers

by Courtney Hergesheimer
Juan Jose Teran walks in front of the television set. Orlando Rodriguez, left, and Marcos Alvarez watch a Spanish soap opera in the Lawrenceburg apartment shared by five men.
Lawrenceburg residents Juan Teran, 25, and Salvador Villalpando, 18, left to right, relax after a long day of construction work on the porch of their apartment complex.
From bottom, Sergio Rodriguez, 21, Juan Rodriguez, 44, and Salvador Villalpando, 18, smooth out concrete for the foundation of the new Wayne County High School in Monticello.
Sergio Rodriguez, 21, a Lawrenceburg construction worker, plays around with co-worker Aaron Kidd play around while the concrete foundation for the new Wayne County High School in Monticello sets.
Juan Rodriguez, 44, uses his nephew, Sergio Rodriguez, 21, as a pillow during the two and a half hour ride home to Lawrenceburg from Monticello where they poured the concrete foundation for the new Wayne County High School
Juan Rodriguez, 44, asks his 21-year-old nephew which compact disc to buy, at Wal-Mart in Lawrenceburg.
Orlando Rodriguez, 24, drives his uncle, cousin, and roommate to Wal Mart, Wednesday, October 20, 2005, in Lawrenceburg Ky. Before starting the drive Orlando, makes the sighn of the cross.

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