Once over the border there is no trouble finding a job. Mexicans are cheap labor and employers have to pay no taxes on their workers. This is a problem that will only be solved when Mexico looks more appealing than running across the border. Obviously, if there was a booming economy and enough jobs to go around there would not be a need to jump the border. On every corner there are at least two homeless families begging for money or food.
Children run around without shoes or adequate clothing.
The people look poorly fed and hungry. The health of the town is also poor. A person can walk into a local drug store and buy a bottle of penicillin. This is the only way for the poor to keep from dying because they can't afford a doctor.