Virginia has been dramatically underreporting the number of Hispanic workers collecting unemployment benefits.
As Michael Pope reports, the corrected data shows the economic crisis has hit the Hispanic community particularly hard.
State Corrects Underreporting of Unemployment in Hispanic Community
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