Day 5: $20 a day...REALLY???

I've been asking - I think - in my poor Spanish, people who have been born and are living in Tijuana how they feel about the mass influx of refugees to Tijuana.

Many are angry the refugees are stuck here. Many are volunteering to help. Many blame the U.S. immigration police.

Most express relief and gratitude that the new president is going to help support and expedite asylum in the U.S. for the refugees.

In case you missed it, our immigration department - which, by the way, is not part of the federal court system therefore not required to uphold the laws of the land - was formed after 9/11 and includes the also newly formed ICE, 'Homeland Security' and border patrol, plus the immigration courts are under this department and not the federal court department.

Right now, U.S. immigration tells Mexican immigration what to do and not to do, how to 'confine' the refugees, how to keep everyone contained.

One young man told me that he is very grateful the refugees are here because he wouldn't have a job if it wasn't for this influx of people.

Another told me he had a wife and two young children: he approached one of the newly formed aide groups and asked for a job. He said an amerikkkan told him yes, he could work for them but they could only afford $20 a day. A DAY! He was extremely grateful for the influx and the job, although he expressed his disgust with border patrol and the ravaging of already "devastado" people.

I struggled hard to keep a neutral face when he described his 12 to 14 hour working day, 7 days a week.