[Johnny Shear]

Most labor workers work 12-14 hour days. It is not pointless. They might not be able to get intouch with them at any other time. There usually is a round about time they catch up with family or needs before a long work day and most businesses close by the end of their work day. It is far from pointless.

You said...Most illegal immigrants resort to using calling cards to call their homeland and usually early in the morning or real late at night depending on the time change of their country to the U.S..

These guys where making the calls early in the morning...6 or 6:30 AM Eastern? It would be even earlier in the morning in their native countries. They were clearly not calling home because of the time change......Pointless.

[My Favorite Headache]

They do use calling cards, they don't have social security cards, it looked like a new car they just got from a buy here pay here place and all of the time they use phone cards because of the need for a social security number or some documentation to get a phone in their apartment. They were immediately deported.

[Palladin]

If they are day laborers, they would be using the phone to call in to the agency or their employer to see if there was work for them that day, or to find out what location to go to.

Calling home (Mex. or Guat) every day would be a luxury for these guys.