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Two Workers Who Won’t Be at the White House Summit

Tags: leesville, white house, workers voice summit

As the White House brings labor leaders together and honors various worker rights defenders, two people who won’t be in attendance are Gustavo Barahona-Sanchez and Jose Adan Fugon-Cano.

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Instead, they’re in detention in Louisiana.

In late May Gustavo and Jose Adan were standing on the sidewalk waiting for work in the town of Leesville, Louisiana when police questioned them about their immigration status. Profiled while waiting for work, Leesville police took them to jail without filing charges and called Border Patrol. Read more

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Two Workers Who Won’t Be at the White House Summit

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