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Experts say undocumented immigrants are a driving force in the economy, despite a toll on public services and unskilled workers

By David Streitfeld Times Staff Writer

October 1 2006

Shortly after dawn, the day laborers began gathering beneath a San Diego Freeway overpass in West Los Angeles.

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