The six victims of the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse were all immigrants from Mexico and Central America.BALTIMORE, Maryland - They came to the United States for a chance at a better life. They found work filling potholes on a bridge in the middle of the night, and they ended up dead in the Baltimore harbour.
Four are missing and presumed dead: Mr Maynor Suazo from Honduras; Mr Jose Lopez from Guatemala; Mr Miguel Luna from El Salvador; and another whose name has not been released. Another two workers were rescued. Some said they were not surprised that all of the victims were immigrants, even though they account for less than 10 per cent of the population in Maryland's largest city.
Government and industry figures show that Hispanics are over-represented in high-risk jobs: 51 per cent of construction workers, 34 per cent of slaughterhouse workers and 61 per cent of landscaping workers. "Many don't value our Hispanic community. They see us as animals or think that we live off the government. But that is not true, we pay our taxes too," he said.
Republican candidate Donald Trump has employed racist rhetoric against immigrants, referring to them as "animals" and "not people" on the campaign trail, and has said he would dramatically ramp up deportation if re-elected on Nov 5.Baltimore, which has struggled with high crime and a poverty rate nearly double the national average, historically hasn't been home to a large Hispanic population, but the community has grown in recent years.
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