Police broke up a criminal enterprise that made $200 million by abusing the H-2A visa program that brought migrant workers into the U.S.
In Georgia, a grand jury indicted two dozen people involved in what police call"modern slavery" with a case of an organized crime ring that exploited the H-2A visa program for migrant workers after more than 100 were freed from working in hard labor.
Authorities said the defendants earned $200 million by bringing migrants into the U.S. to work as agricultural workers in horrendous conditions. The federal program requires they be paid fairly, often $10 to $12 an hour, but instead, were paid little to no money. According to federal authorities, migrants had their documents taken away leaving them unable to leave and get help. They often lived in crowded trailers with limited food or clean water.
In a statement, U.S. Attorney David Estes said the case had freed"more than 100 individuals from the shackles of modern-day slavery and will hold accountable those who put them in chains."
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