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Months after Hurricane Sandy, undocumented immigrants in Staten Island are living in overcrowded homes, apartments, and basements.
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And this is actually here.
This -- -- used to belong to a college student but for the last three months it's been home 109 undocumented immigrants and victims of hurricane sandy.
Usually it's the adults.
Let's take over the TV -- the -- we actually go in the room playing with less cops -- I other phone.
Vanessa is an American citizen but her mother and her aunts are not.
The three sisters are in charge of the -- basement the rent is 700 dollars.
Then they -- happen it.
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Well that haven't that need them.
Younger ones also managed with a tight spaces and you got -- go before.
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I train ride a wave of family used to enjoy the comforts of privacy and space in rental homes in new -- each Staten Island.
This is all that is left of their home on 101 cedar grove avenue.
They hit them again and get it within minutes and he met.
That he doesn't.
He further -- that and a -- mean.
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You know probably.
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You know you've been it didn't you know nothing happen you know we'll get that -- and I think you asked me that.
This album is all that is left of the family memories swept away by sandy still wet -- -- from the storm.
This is a scene for countless numbers of -- documented immigrants in the growing Hispanic community in Staten Island.
Who are faced with no insurance.
Low -- jobs.
And sometimes a complex in intimidating FEMA disaster relief process loans element -- ahead of its -- meet and date has seen up to twenty people living in one home.
When you have families.
Their friends or their families who already are living in overcrowded conditions.
-- -- on how other one or two families just to stay within for a few days and sometimes weeks out that -- tensions.
It's especially hard for mixed status families where some are citizens and others are not.
As an American citizen Vanessa applied and received FEMA emergency cash -- was hard but as an undocumented immigrant her cousin dorsett was unable to help her family.
I was I can help mom who has.
I can't give him missing that small little mom -- that small little piece of -- thing I think.
Theme didn't know how to work him document the -- -- didn't know how to reach them.
Regardless the sisters are looking to move out in March and are ready to move forward together.
In Staten Island Brian -- announced Fox News Latina.
