Those people are really poor, they bet their lives on those $10000 that they don't even own. They are not "willing to spend", they are willing to lose their lif

Those people are really poor, they bet their lives on those $10000 that they don't even own. They are not "willing to spend", they are willing to lose their life for it, it's a huge difference. They borrow it from the extended family, everyone chips in, it's like a risky investment that some day can pay off. When the extended family funds are not enough, they borrow from the "organized crime", i.e. the narcos. Sometimes they don't pay the whole sum before and now they own to the coyotes, which are also the narcos. During the immigration process, they are getting abducted, executed (whole buses of immigrants were killed in Mexico), the rules change midway, usually they own more money at the end that were agreed at the start. Definitively they are not the petit bourgeoisie.