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Under intense pressure from some community members to close down a job center used by day laborers, the Costa Mesa Town Council voted to raise fees for workers and begin charging employers---but will continue to operate the center. Critics of the center claim that the hiring hall draws poor and out of city workers, and encourages undocumented immigration and the illegal hiring of undocumented workers. The center---which provides legal services to workers who are cheated out of wages, and is widely considered to be one of the best run centers in the county---will increase its one time only five dollar fee to a yearly charge of ten dollars for city residents and fifteen dollars for non-residents.