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Alvaro DaSilva

Alvaro DaSilva

Delivering newspapers is tough work, but it allows this immigrant to work two jobs and keep his kids in a good school district

Economics

Forget the image of the newspaper delivery boy of old — these days it’s more likely to be an adult driver throwing the paper on to your porch. It’s part-time work often done by people who need more than one job to get by, many of them immigrants.

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