Patrons of All Aboard Bagel and Deli in New Jersey had mixed reactions when they saw the deli clerk... 
(ABC News)
It is a complicated situation for some. There are an estimated 117,600 day laborers in the United States.
One of those workers is Mario Rodriguez. He wakes up at 5 a.m. seven days a week and walks two miles to a spot on the side of the road in Freehold, N.J., where he and 30 to 40 other HIspanic men hope they'll get picked up for a day of work.
Rodriguez, who speaks little English and said he has felt the sting of discrimination, watched as the deli customers reacted to the racist cashier. The lack of empathy for the Hispanic actors brought Rodriguez to tears.
"There are some places that don't want us there," Rodriguez told ABC News. "When we go into a diner, sometimes they won't even sell us a sandwich."
Wanting to see if women got reactions equally as strong as their male counterparts, "What Would You Do?" sent two Hispanic women into the deli to buy coffee and a bagel the next day.
As with the Hispanic actors, one customer at the deli agreed with the clerk, telling the women to speak English or go to Taco Bell before saying, "Can't help you. I don't speak Mexican."
But not everyone shared the cashier's sentiments and allowed his prejudice to go unchecked. Many were outraged.
"How do you know they're here illegally?" customer John Barnicoat, who is white, asked.
Others grew so angry that they left the store in tears and vowed never to return. One customer was so shocked by the clerk's behavior that he became determined to set him straight.
"If you can't deal with this country and how we accept other people, you don't belong working here," he told the clerk.
For some, the cashier's comments struck a personal chord.
Joanne Murphy, like many Americans, comes from a family of immigrants. So when Murphy, who is Irish-American, heard the cashier refuse the Hispanic women service by saying they weren't Americans, her response was passionate.
"Neither are my parents," Murphy said, shouting.
Merlange Rene, who is Dominican and Haitian, said she has experienced similar prejudice, even being told to go back to her own country.
"I have family that can't speak English," she told the cashier. "They're not here illegally."
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