Hanging on

<b>HANGING ON:</b> Elvira Rojas, who moved from El Salvador 15 years ago, hugs her daughters in their two-room apartment in Hawthorne. Like many other Americans, especially the working poor, Rojas has been forced to assume more economic risk.

( Béatrice de Géa / LAT )

HANGING ON: Elvira Rojas, who moved from El Salvador 15 years ago, hugs her daughters in their two-room apartment in Hawthorne. Like many other Americans, especially the working poor, Rojas has been forced to assume more economic risk.

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