Subject: Re: I’m Here “To Take The Money”
Sure. It's not uncommon to hear immigrants who came for the economic opportunity talking about looking forward to the day they've earned enough to go home to visit their friends and family in El Salvador, Ecuador, Mex, etc.

A recent article in one of the major rags (NYT or LA Times?) interviewed migrants who came here under the radar with the idea they'd work for 20 or 30 years, then return 'home' with enough dollars to retire in comfort. But they never earned that money and now they are broke, too old to work, no social security, no pensions.... and terrified of falling into the homeless nightmare.

I lived in So Cal and was surrounded by them. And as I said previously, during the initial parts of the GFC they were all headed home and we had an outflux to Latin America which surprised me. Nearly all of them were up here working and sending money home every month. There's services that charge ~ 5% and the out transfer is broken down by country in reports some times.

I get concerned about the small farmer and they generally rely on people coming up annually looking for work. They rely on those workers and if that dries up it severely inhibits getting the crop out. There were spots near Home Depot where contractors could pick up day laborers.

Typically, they used someone elses' SS# and worked under the radar or just got paid under the table. I don't resent them at all. They're usually working hard for little pay and living in cheap packed conditions so they can send money home.