Originally Posted by spunkmaster

?We cannot work here?, complained John Smith, a resident of Tijuana. ?They tell me: ?Mexico is supposed to be for Mexicans.? ?I have applied for many jobs here, at restaurants, and also at factories. I have run out of my savings and explained to them that I had a family to feed. They were laughing at me and showed me the door. They said that non-citizens were not eligible to work here. ?You are not a Mexican?, they said. The owner of the factory got angry at me and screamed on top of his voice- ?Yankee, go home?!