Examples of day laborer in a Sentence
They hire day laborers to pick the apples.
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Across the Twin Cities, federal immigration enforcement operations have turned businesses into sites of confrontation — with agents in store parking lots rounding up day laborers, armed raids on restaurants and work authorization inspections conducted in tactical gear.
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Alessandro Piazza, Fortune, 5 Feb. 2026
The Sacramento raids were part of an escalation of immigration enforcement activity that targeted California starting in June of last year, when agents descended on Latino communities and places where day laborers gather in Los Angeles.
—Sharon Bernstein, Sacbee.com, 5 Feb. 2026
Everyday residents have protested immigration operations with rallies, marches and walkouts, and have monitored areas where day laborers are known to gather.
—Sierra Lopez, Mercury News, 30 Jan. 2026
The roving raids targeting car washes, parking lots where day laborers gather and garment factories disrupted immigrant communities throughout the region for weeks in June and July.
—City News Service, Daily News, 16 Jan. 2026
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Alessandro Piazza, Fortune, 5 Feb. 2026
The Sacramento raids were part of an escalation of immigration enforcement activity that targeted California starting in June of last year, when agents descended on Latino communities and places where day laborers gather in Los Angeles.
—Sharon Bernstein, Sacbee.com, 5 Feb. 2026
Everyday residents have protested immigration operations with rallies, marches and walkouts, and have monitored areas where day laborers are known to gather.
—Sierra Lopez, Mercury News, 30 Jan. 2026
The roving raids targeting car washes, parking lots where day laborers gather and garment factories disrupted immigrant communities throughout the region for weeks in June and July.
—City News Service, Daily News, 16 Jan. 2026
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“Day laborer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/day%20laborer. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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