Day Laborers

Today we made our first trip doing day laborer outreach. We made lunches in the morning and then drove to the neighboring Home Depots to pass out the paper sacks we had made along with water. Everywhere we went the men seemed to be really grateful for what we had to bring them. Isabel told us some really intense stories about people who would pretend to pick up laborers for jobs and they would really bring them to the immigration offices or worse, physically harm them. She said that a lot of day laborers end up going back to Mexico because their jobs here are so unproductive or even dangerous. Maybe next time we need something fixed in my house, I'll convince my mom to hire some day laborers now that I know what some of them go through just to provide for their families.

**6 Hours