“Latino construction workers said they feared retaliation from their employers if they raised concerns about safety conditions.”
Or, more likely feared deportation...
No, it’s probably simply that there are more of them (both immigrants and general and Hispanics in particular).
I live in the South, and blacks won’t take dangerous jobs in general. Some whites will, but not gladly, and I actually heard one white guy say he wouldn’t take the job as a roofer because it was work for Mexicans.
This was after he had quit and gone back on welfare after literally only two days ripping up shingles.