even when i was jumping through all the hoops for my GC (took me 7+ years), i still felt strong compassion for these poor guys sitting under the hot midday Sun

even when i was jumping through all the hoops for my GC (took me 7+ years), i still felt strong compassion for these poor guys sitting under the hot midday Sun on San Antonio cross El Camino and ready to work for minimal money while i was driving by in air conditioned car to my nice hi-tech job. Yes, if my GC failed, i'd be strongly disappointed, to say the least, would be forced to start to think again where to go - Canada, England, Germany, Australia... didn't want back to Russia (even though programmer's salary there would make me live comparably much better than i live here) - tough choices ... These poor guys waiting for a piece of a tough dirty day job - what choice they have? what alternative did they have before crossing into US illegally if what they have now is supposedly a better one?