There are lush orange groves and arid goat country. deep canyons and flatlands. teeming urban centers and desolate wastelands. As far back as one cares to go. however. there has been one common denominator for the land and the people of the border: a chronic. pervasive poverty that has joined citizens of both the United States and Mexico in an endless communion of despair. For generations. the root of the economic problem has been the worker who resides in Mexico. where the living is cheap. but who Is allowed by a twisted Immigration law to work in the United States. The Mexican commuter as he is known. will work for as little as 35 or 50 cents an hour so he is eagerly sought out by employers while many United States residents are unemployed most of the year. When a union on the border strikes there is an endless supply of commuter strikebreakers. delighted to work at the federal minimum wage.
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Mexican commuters will work for very little money and take jobs from US residents.