173: Tarjeteros

JACK: This story takes place in Yonkers, which is about thirty minutes north of New York City, and what I learned about Yonkers is that almost 15% of the people who live there have ancestry that traces back to the Dominican Republic.

It goes beyond the title with direct discussion of alberto, money, card, including: Apparently, a lot of people migrate from the DR to Yonkers, New York, which made me wonder why.

1. 01The dreamers come chasing a bright, new future where they can get good-paying, steady work, a better life for their kids, and even legal citizenship
2. 02Here was the pitch; looking for reliable people for ATM runs, no experience required, clean work, fast pay
3. 03That would leave a trail, and you don't want that, and you can't order things that just get shipped directly to your house, because then that leads the cops right to you