The daily lives of street vendors, their passion for feeding customers, and the adversity they face in their unrelenting fight for belonging offer a unique window into the present-day immigrant experience in the U.S.

In this week's episode of "Connect the Dots," we’ll close out Hispanic Heritage Month as we hear from Fazila Bhimji, senior lecturer at University of Central Lanashire and longtime researcher on immigrants from Latin America; Carina Kaufman-Gutierrez, the director of New York City’s Street Vendor Project; and Maggie Morales, owner of locally-loved food truck Mike's Coffee Express in Queens, who says she’s still waiting for a vending permit after applying seven years ago.

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