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Nearly 3.3 million people registered to claim jobless benefits for the week ended 21 March, according to Department of Labor data.
Rosie Alumbaugh and Chase Charaba tell BBC News about the struggles they're facing following their job losses.
Video produced by Xinyan Yu, Chelsea Bailey and Angélica Casas