Building their American dream: Surge in women construction workers in the US
Migrant women are finding lucrative construction work in the US – in what’s traditionally been a male-dominated industry.
The demand is growing as it coincides with the arrival of tens of thousands of people from across the southern border.
Al Jazeera’s Kristen Saloomey reports.
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