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When I was in rural Costa Rica last year, quite a
few local people had snuck into the US to make some money. They could, at
the most, earn $15 to $20 US at home, but could make much more than that in the
US as day labourers, even after they paid the coyote. The reason they went
to the US is to earn a lot (to them) of money quickly - e.g. the hotel I
stayed at (a converted dance hall with private rooms to which couples could
retire when they'd danced enough) was recently bought by a young
family. The wife was running it while he was in the US to try to make
enough money to pay for it.
Networks work. People in Central America have
heard through the grapevine that to pick up work in the US you have to stand in
front of a place like Home Depot, so that's where they go.
Ed
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