Over 65% of Latinos across the country are having difficulty buying or finding necessities such as food and medicine, according to a recent survey. - NBCLatino
At one of their distribution events in the Venezuelan-heavy city of Doral, in Miami-Dade County, cars lined up as early as 2:30 a.m. to receive a box that included chicken, fresh fruits and vegetables. The first 1,000 cars received boxes, but at least several hundred left empty-handed.
Lourdes Zambrano arrived at 7:45 a.m. looking for food to feed her three children ages 10, 15 and 18. Since the factory where she worked closed, she has been able to buy less and less food.Lourdes Zambrano."There is great need in the community,” Doral Mayor Juan Carlos Bermudez said as he placed boxes inside people’s trunks at the event he partnered with.
It’s a similar situation for undocumented immigrants, who have been particularly hit hard during the pandemic. Though many have been working regularly and paying taxes using individual tax identification numbers, those without Social Security numbers do not qualify for the recently created Paycheck Protection Program.
“Layered on that, is that unauthorized immigrants on average have lower household incomes and less access to the safety net in general. So they entered the situation of unemployment already more vulnerable,” said Julia Gelatt, a senior policy analyst from the Migration Policy Institute. Raul Ordoñez, a Colombian immigrant and street vendor, saw his sales vanish with the rise of COVID-19 cases. He says his food supply at home is dwindling.
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