Cash Laborers 'in Limbo' with Claims Process ; Documentation Lacking Among Some Workers.

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HOPEDALE, La. (AP) -- In the fallout from the BP oil disaster, they're almost invisible: deck hands and other day laborers who get paid in cash, don't receive W-2 forms, might not file tax returns and have little or no way of proving they are losing income because of the spill.

"We run into them on a daily basis. They're stuck in limbo," Tuan Nguyen, deputy director of the Mary Queen of Vietnam Community Development Corp. in eastern New Orleans, said in a recent interview.

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Cash Laborers 'in Limbo' with Claims Process ; Documentation Lacking Among Some Workers.

Nguyen said he has encountered hundreds of workers, mostly deck hands, who lack the documentation BP needs from claimants seeking a piece o...

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