Tougher laws not plugging border - Many immigrants say too much is at risk to be afraid of America’s firmer stance against illegals in the workplace

“Activists and illegal immigrants say the plan that has been well documented in foreign countries like Guatemala and Mexico hasn’t scared anyone.

“It’s not enough to force people away,” said Maria Marroquin, executive director of the Day Worker Center of Mountain View, adding that illegal immigrants are willing to face almost anything to improve their lives.

“I couldn’t be afraid,” said Morales, a former resident of the Mexican state of Oaxaca, where he earned $5 a day in the fields and now earns about $50 a day from odd jobs around the South Bay. “There’s too much at stake to lose.”"

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