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Immigration

Jul. 4, 2006

Workers Waiting 60 Years for Wages Eye Mexico's Election

LOS ANGELES-Ismael Silva's hearing is sketchy, and he isn't as steady on his feet as he once was.

By Sandra Hernandez
Daily Journal Staff Writer

      LOS ANGELES-Ismael Silva's hearing is sketchy, and he isn't as steady on his feet as he once was.
      But the 83-year-old former railroad worker is keeping a close eye on Sunday's vote in Mexico because it could decide the outcome of a decades-long battle he and other former migrant workers are fighting to regain lost wages.<...

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