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Mr. Ayala is employed by Sheehan Pipeline Construction
Company (Sheehan) as a project safety coordinator, and he travels
from one project to another, all over the country, ensuring
compliance with health and safety regulations. When one project
is completed, he is usually assigned a new project immediately.
Projects can last anywhere from a few months to a couple of
years.
During the years at issue, Mr. Ayala worked on several back-
to-back projects. During this period, petitioners lived in a
travel trailer, and they traveled together from one job site to
the next. In their own words, they were “gypsies”. Although Mr.
Ayala was paid a per diem while working onsite, it did not
completely cover the travel expenses that were actually incurred.
Petitioners bought their home on wheels, the travel trailer,
in Nevada; they registered the vehicle there out of convenience.
Because they moved frequently and had to receive their mail
somewhere, petitioners used a mail service in Las Vegas that
provided them with a mailing address. They obtained Nevada
licenses, and later, when they purchased a truck, they registered
the truck in Nevada.
As petitioners do not own a residence for their own use
aside from the travel trailer, they consider Mr. Ayala’s
ancestral home in Vallejo, California, to be their “real” home.
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