. >> reporter: 54-year-old tony briones knows that. he spent 30 years as a warehouse worker and construction. >> i got hurt. i was on a ten-foot ladder, drilling holes for the gas line. the ladder went one way, i went the other way. messed my shoulder up. >> reporter: a $15,000 disability settlement didn't last long. briones said he filled out hundreds of job applications without success. so he's competing for dozens of immigrants for scarce work at a los angeles day labor center. >> hope and pray that i get some kind of work. something going on so i can make some extra money. >> reporter: briones is married with two adult children, one at home severely disabled. he lives in his van because he doesn't feel right going home. >> your kids and grand kids ask you for money and you don't got it. if your wife gots it, that's not -- she's trying to do what she can. excuse me. it's not -- it's not right. i was -- i was supporting my family. i can't, you know? that sucks. excuse me. sorry about that. i was hoping -- hoping and praying. so they