This might help to explain . . .

This photograph might help to explain why so many migrant workers risk so much to come to the United States to work in the fields. This is the "main street" of Tecomartes, San Luis Potosi, Mexico, the home of several of our migrant workers this year. One of these men, in fact, studied computer technology at a university in Mexico before making heading to the long journey to El Norte. He is one of a growing numbers of migrants who actually have a bachillerato, a high school diploma, from a high school in Mexico. 

Even with the dangerous journey, the sparse living conditions, and the difficult work at barely minimum wage, the economic alternatives can be for those who remain in Mexico and other surrounding countries.