hurricane harvey
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U.S. already needed thousands of additional construction workers. Then Harvey, Irma and Maria hit
(For some reason I feel they are going to recruit that surplus ̷s̷l̷a̷v̷e̷ cheap prison labor instead of taking chances on random contractors and workers paying 10K per month) A few days after Hurricane Harvey slammed into Texas, pummeling the state with devastating flooding, a home...- Jimi Swagger
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- automation construction get money brehs hurricane harvey hurricane irma hurricane maria labor
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Harvey’s Poorest Victims Will Never Rebuild. They’re Getting Evicted.
Houston’s zoning has left them defenseless. Hilton Kelley has been sounding off on Facebook Live the past few days about families who evacuated their homes to escape Hurricane Harvey and are now getting eviction notices. The families live in Port Arthur, Texas, the small Gulf Coast city...- Jimi Swagger
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- eviction fha homeless houston hurricane harvey new orleans poverty redlining
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Texas Prisoners Are Facing Horrid Conditions After Hurricane Harvey & Retaliation for Reporting Them
As Florida braces for Hurricane Irma, we look at conditions in Texas prisons since Hurricane Harvey hit the Gulf Coast two weeks ago with a historic downpour that lasted several days and caused massive flooding. Prisoners were not evacuated from either the federal prison or three Texas prisons...- Jimi Swagger
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- 13th amendment beaumont tx convicts dehydration hurricane harvey inmates prison industrial complex sewage
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