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Migrants’ belongings, left behind in Eagle Pass, Texas, in March.
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One of the most difficult days of Stan Marek’s 55 years in construction came in 2012, when US Immigration and Customs Enforcement audited his workforce. Some of the Social Security numbers Marek had on file didn’t pass muster, suggesting that the employees weren’t authorized to work. Marek was forced to fire men who’d been with him for more than 20 years.
“They all had American-born kids. They all had houses,” says Marek, chief executive officer of Houston-based Marek Brothers Co. “They had realized the American dream.”