Pickup trucks pull up and a handful of them will jump in the bed. Up until noon every day of the week, all four corners of the intersection and adjacent streets are filled with guys eager to make a day's wage. However, if you want guaranteed day labor, the corner of Broadway Road and Mesa Drive in Mesa is a sure bet. Laborers gather in corners across the Valley. (Some workers have complained about getting stiffed for up to three days' work.) However, do the right thing and pay what is mutually agreed upon.

So they come to Phoenix hoping to find work that will pay a little more.ĭay workers will help you move, landscape, paint, almost any chore that needs to be done. They have little choice - the average wage of two dollars a day in Mexico just can't cover rent, utilities and food.

Despite the dangers involved in crossing the border to Arizona, illegal immigrants are arriving in hordes.