These immigrants work 24/7 and make well below the minimum wage. They don't have plumbing or electricity and are completely alone, except for their horse, dogs and sheep. - - Donna Poisl
WAMSUTTER, Wyo. (AP) — Alone and thousands of miles from home, the immigrant sheepherder roams some of the West's most desolate and frigid landscapes, tending a flock for as little as $600 a month without a day off on the horizon.
"You take it or leave it. You take it because the economy is worse at home," Pepe Cruz, a 40-year-old Peruvian, said in Spanish.
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Friday, January 15, 2010
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