Squalid migrant campgrounds hide among luxury Hamptons homes

Illegal immigrants who mow the lawns and paint the mansions of wealthy Hamptons residents are being forced to live in hovels hidden in the woods due to the sky-high cost of residing in the summer playground of celebrities such as Jerry Seinfeld, Billy Joel and Jay-Z and Beyoncé

Juan Antonio Morales:

• He works as a day laborer for rich people in the Hamptons, making $200 a day, but can't afford a place to live
• Most of the workers have no idea who owns the properties where they work
• They sleep in tarp-covered shelters with other migrants and bathes in a gas station restroom

One camp features a fire pit surrounded by cast-off chairs and a table made out of saw horses

• A large tarp covers the sitting area, which is ringed with makeshift shacks filled with mattresses and rough-hewn beds.
• There are no drugs here, just beers and cigarettes.

Dan O’Shea, who runs the Maureen’s Haven Homeless Outreach program in Riverhead, said that most communities on Long Island's East End have people living in the woods that have nowhere else to live.

• In an ironic twist, the wealth of the area's residents helps the homeless workers blend in better than in other areas.

 

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