NOT
NOT GO
NOT GO BACK INTO THE WORKPLACE CLOSED OTHER PEOPLE WHEN HE
STARTED FEELING SICK WITH COVID
19 SYMPTOMS.
19 SYMPTOMS. >>> FLATTENED BY FATIGUE AND
FEVER HECTOR COULD BARELY
MOVE.>>> HE SAID THAT THIS HE
NEVER IN HIS LIFE BEFORE
EXPERIENCED.
EXPERIENCED. IT WAS SO REALLY REALLY VERY
BAD.
BAD.
BAD. ABOUT HE COULDN'T GET INTO A
CLINIC IN KAISER TO GET TESTED
IN EARLY APRIL.
BUT HE IS SURE HE HAD COVID 19.
>>> FOR THREE WEEKS HE SAID HE
STRUGGLED TO BREATHE.
AT THE TIME HE WORKED FOR A
CONTRACTOR EDDIE MEET PACKING
FACILITY IN WASHINGTON COUNTY.
A MEET PACKING FACILITY.
>>> HE CALLED AND TOLD THEM NO
WAY.
WAY.
WAY. COULD HE WORK LIKE THIS.
HE DID NOT WANT TO GET HIS
COWORKER SICK.
COWORKER SICK. HE CAME TO THE U.S. IN 96.
AND IS UNDOCUMENTED.
THE FEDERAL CARES AT PROVIDES
RELIEF TO AMERICANS DURING THE
PANDEMIC.
PANDEMIC.
PANDEMIC. BUT DOESN'T APPLY TO
UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS LIKE
HECTOR.
HECTOR.
HECTOR. WITHOUT BENEFITS ARE PAID TIME
OFF HE LOST HIS JOB.
>>> HE WAS JUST TRYING TO BE
RESPONSIBLE PERSON.>> Reporter:
HE DOESN'T KNOW IF HE WAS
EXPOSED TO THE VIRUS AT WORK.
OR IN THE COMMUNITY.
>>> THE FEAR OF BEING
UNDOCUMENTED.
UNDOCUMENTED. PREVENTS WORKERS TO GET A LOOK
FROM MEDICAL CARE.>>
Reporter:>>> THE LATIN
POPULATION THERE IS DISTRESS.
>> Reporter: ACROSS THE COUNTRY
DATA SHOWS COVID 19
DISPROPORTIONATELY HURTS
DISPROPORTIONATELY HURTS MILLIONS OF LATINO IMMIGRANTS.
>>> IT IS HEARTBREAKING OUR
ABILITY TO HAVE THIS ABUNDANCE
IS ON THE BACK OF THESE
ESSENTIAL WORKERS WHO THEN ARE
HAVING TO WORK AT A WAY THAT
PUTS THEM AT RISK.
>>> IN MANY FACTORIES WORKERS
CANNOT DISTANCE FROM EACH
OTHER.
OTHER.
OTHER. >>> EVERYONE TOUCHES THE SAME
SURFACES.
SURFACES.
SURFACES. MANY ALSO CARPOOL AND EACH
LUNCH TOGETHER.
LUNCH TOGETHER. UNMASKED..
UNMASKED.. AN EPIDEMIOLOGIST AT THOSE
CONDITIONS CAN CAUSE AN
OUTBREAK.
OUTBREAK.
OUTBREAK. >>> WE NEED TO REMEMBER THIS IS
A COMMUNITY INFECTION.
THERE ARE MULTIPLE
POSSIBILITIES HERE.
POSSIBILITIES HERE. WHICH IS WHY IT IS UP TO THE
INDIVIDUAL TO SAY I'M NOT GOING
TO WORK.
TO WORK.
TO WORK. ELIMINATE THAT LIKELIHOOD OF
TRANSMISSION.>> Reporter: MANY
LOW-WAGE WORKERS WITHOUT TIME
OFF FEAR LOSING JOBS IF THEY
MISS SHIFTS BECAUSE OF COVID.
>>> THEY ARE A FORGOTTEN
GROUP.>> Reporter: THE STATE
AND SEVERAL COMMUNITY
ORGANIZATIONS STARTED THE
OREGON WORKER RELIEF FUND.
STATE MONEY AND DONATIONS
PROVIDE TEMPORARY REPORTS OF
PEOPLE WHO HAVE LOST JOBS.
AND CANNOT GET PUBLIC BENEFITS
BECAUSE OF IMMIGRATION STATUS.
>>> WE HAVE TO BE KNOWLEDGEABLE
AND WE HAVE TO BE PROVIDE THAT
INFORMATION TO THEM SO THEY CAN
REALLY SURVIVE.
REALLY SURVIVE. AT THE SAME TIME ELIMINATE THE
LIKELIHOOD OF PASSING THAT
INFECTION TO SOMEBODY ELSE.
>> Reporter: THE RELIEF DOES
ALLOW HIM TO SURVIVE
FINANCIALLY.
FINANCIALLY. BUT HE STILL LIVES WITH THE
LINGERING EFFECTS OF COVID.
>>> THEY CANNOT HELP US STAY
KEEP GOING AS A COMMUNITY.
WE SHOULD REALLY SUPPORT THEM
IN ANY CAN'T ANYWAY WE CAN.
>>> MORE THAN $100 MILLION IS
NEEDED TO HELP IMMIGRANTS