From off-books cleaner to legal aide: NY migrants are getting work permits more quickly

Patricia Llivisaca-Ramos was a legal assistant in her native Ecuador but took whatever work she could get after arriving in New York City two years ago.

That included cleaning homes in Brooklyn, earning $60 for two apartments or one three-story home in four hours. The 42-year-old met customers in public, then followed them to their homes. The experience left her feeling vulnerable and unsafe, and she always made sure to tell her husband where she was going.

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