Reply #7: I lived in a Central American country

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for a few years and ran a small business there. I hired a woman to help around the house and in the business. I paid her $100 a month (at least 3 times the going rate) which allowed her to do alot of financial catching up for her extended family and send her little girl to school - she cried when I told her how much I was going to pay her - this woman worked her ass off.
When I decided to come back to the US, I tried to get visas for her and her daughter to come with me to absolutely no avail - I couldn't have bought them with all the money in the world.
It still breaks my heart that a woman who would have made a fine contribution to this country while making a better life for her family back home had to be left behind.