Work nearly grinds to halt as immigrant-raid rumors circulate By EDWARD HEGSTROM, Houston Chronicle
Still, those who showed up for work on the homes there said they had little to do Thursday. Guadalupe Rivas, a bricklayer, sat idly. The six men who normally work with Rivas didn't show Thursday, and he could not work without the crew.
'It's the same all over,' he said. 'The carpenters, the concrete layers, the Sheetrock workers -- everyone left.'