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Maria Villarroel

THE TRUTH ABOUT: Hispanic workers are disproportionately overrepresented among low wage workers new study shows - The Untold Story

Some politicians in Congress have advocated for the Raise the Wage Act, which would raise the federal minimum wage. But efforts have not been successful. (Credit: AFP)

Hispanics tend to have disproportionately lower wages than their counterparts in other race groups, despite the national rate of people earning less than $15 an hour has dramatically decreased in the past two years.

The report comes from Oxfam, which analyzed data from both the Census Bureau and the Labor Department. They found that just 13% of workers in the U.S. are now earning less than that figure, compared to two years ago, where that number was almost 32%, Axios reports.

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