# Border Patrol Show part 2:

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/border-patrol-show-part-2/838153>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [August 4, 2019, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/border-patrol-show-part-2/838153 "2019-08-04T02:19:42Z")\
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**Author:** ![Dale\_Sams](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/779978/32.png) [@Dale\_Sams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dale_Sams)\
**Post date:** [August 4, 2019, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/border-patrol-show-part-2/838153/1 "2019-08-04T02:19:42Z")

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There’s this one dude from Mexico who shows up to work for room and board and the “cultural experience”…

Now this sounds sketchy as hell and really exploitative…but when I was younger I would have done this in a heartbeat. I WANTED to be able to go to Canada or England and wash dishes or dig ditchs.

What do you all think?

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**Author:** ![elbows](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b3f665/32.png) [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\
**Post date:** [August 4, 2019, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/border-patrol-show-part-2/838153/2 "2019-08-04T03:26:03Z")

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Canada has such a program, I believe.