With little education and, often, poor English skills, they were stuck in limbo, a world of minimum wage jobs with no chance of security or bettering their lives.

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The 3% who earn the minimum wage tend to be people in special circumstances, the most important category of which are people with very low skills, little job experience, and sometimes even poor English skills.

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Their poor English language skills also place them at a disadvantage in this country.

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