The Immigrant

Read Corey Kilgannon's story: He lives in a small room he rents for $400 a month in Woodside with a bathroom in the hall he shares with three other men, all Colombian and in a similar situation.

He commutes on the elevated No. 7 train, known as the immigrant express, which rumbles along Roosevelt Avenue, bringing workers into Manhattan from Flushing, Corona, Jackson Heights and Woodside.

Mr. Carvajal works evenings for $6.50 an hour at a small parking garage in Manhattan, where the required skills are parking in tight spaces and saying as little as possible. He knows just enough English to tell customers how much they owe for how many hours parked.