"ready to do dishes if that saves me $2000.....dollars "

Try the Chinatown agencies (for restaurant jobs) where I've seen many cats who just get here to NYC get paid upto 3Gs a month in cash for well-experienced and around 2.5Gs with only a year's experience (that too live-in...where you'd spend nothing on living expenses).  Chances are you might get a job thats in close proximity to DC and if you're new to the US, you won't even require SS for most of the jobs from that agency.  All the best.