New York —
In his two decades as a truck driver, Luis Sanchez has lugged everything from restaurant food to gravel across the country.
It’s an isolating job with long hours; he passes the time listening to the radio. At truck stops and warehouses, he meets other drivers, many of them immigrants like himself.
“We don’t go home every day like normal work,” said Sanchez, whose home is near Fort Worth, Texas and is originally from El Salvador. “Sometimes we had to sacrifice family for the job we had.”
Sanchez ticked off all the boxes since he applied for his commercial driver’s license two decades ago: a valid work permit, Social Security number and he proudly claims he has had a perfect safety record. But now, his livelihood is gone.
