... Last March, a speeding car plowed between highway barriers on the same Baltimore highway and killed six workers…

While full details about the victims in the bridge collapse have not been released to the public, they are known to be natives of Mexico, Honduras, Guatemala and El Salvador….

Many who are recent immigrants face the economic hardships that come with seasonal and temporary work and the threat of immigration enforcement, all while enduring blazing heat, speeding drivers…

Maynor Suazo Sandoval, among the six bridge workers presumed to be dead, came to the United States illegally…[he] was contributing to the economy in ways many citizens are not willing to…

…Hispanic workers face disproportionately high fatality rates, especially in the construction industry…

The bridge workers were full-time employees at Brawner Builders, all with several years of experience there, said…executive vice president at the … company. They were not members of a union, and as employees received what Pritzker called “a substantial benefit package,” declining to provide details. He said Brawner does not employ any undocumented immigrants…

The company “will ensure that the families of these deceased employees will be well taken care of,” Pritzker added. He declined to answer questions about what support or money the company would provide…