[velimir]

Here is the sentence from the heading of a magazine article :

The Mexicans I met would have done anything to come to United States.

(if the context matters here , the next sentence in the heading is : All I needed was a plane ticket.)

How I understand the sentence is in the sense : " they were inclined to do anything .. " i.e the meaning is past . If I put "would" instead of "would have" , does the meaning change to something like : they are inclined to do anything..i.e that is their typical behaviour, something permanent.

Would the meaning of the quoted sentence be essentially changed if I used "would" instead of "would have done" ?

Thanks