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Aging Immigrants Often Work As Unpaid Caretakers

Aging Immigrants Often Work As Unpaid Caretakers

For many women in their 60s and older, Social Security checks are the all-important means of survival. But for older female immigrants those benefits often don't exist. After spending their working lives taking care of their families or working off-the-books in low-wage jobs, they don't qualify. So what do they do? The answer, according to a recent study by a New York group, is many just keep on working.

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