Tuesday

Today we finished poring cement in the foundation at the house we are working at, but first we had to fill in the other rectangle that we were working on yesterday with dirt almost all the way to the top. We really got the bucket line down today!!! With all the dirt and cent dumping that was done today. We tied more rebar today, which is prep for the beams in the ceiling. We only had one load of bricks today which was a nice brake from the like 20 we had yesterday. 

After we were done working today we went to Casa Del Imigrantes which was a nice follow up to our visit to the boarder at the beach yesterday and driving along it and seeing the divide. Casa Del Imigrantes is a halfway house for people that have been deported . We had the director of the place talk to us a little bit about what it is that they do there and how things work for the men that stay there. The men have 12 days there to find a job or get money from family to either try and get back in the sates or go back to their families. They also have doctors, social workers, and a lawyer. The house is there for the men so they have a way to get on their feet after being taken away from where they are use to to a place they might have never been before because most men had lived in the U.S. almost all their lives. 

We had dinner with them and talked to them about their experiences. I talked to two men who wanted to go back to the states because they don't have family in Mexico but one man that I talked to was only in the states for a few days and didn't want to go back. The whole experience was very eye opening to the imagination that is going on and deportation. The man that is in charge of it is very amazing in what he does, he's been doing it for a very long time and is very dedicated to what he does and it shows.

All in all day was very eye opening to everything going on here on the boarder. 

Maddie