[quote=TenaciousSD]
Makes me wonder what it really takes for a farm laborer to legally come across the border to work. What does it take to do it right and why are they choosing to risk their life instead of taking this path?[/quote]
Let’s see, you’re a barely literate farm worker from Guerrero or Michoacán, Spanish is your second language (many speak indigenous languages first), and you speak no English at all. You’ve never completed high school and are qualified only for manual labor. NAFTA has wiped out a lot of the agriculture work in Mexico, so what few jobs are available pay little more than a subsistence wage. How responsive do you think US immigration will be in processing your application for a green card? Your cousin has already made it to Nevada and has a good job doing roofing. He has a pickup truck and shares a nice apartment with 3 other guys. He tells you that there is a local bar in the town he’s working in that plays ranchera and banda music and he has even met a nice girl there. He’s sent some money to help you get across. Now tell me what are you going to do?
