fraud

Last weekend, La Jornada published an article about a group of people from a number of communities in the state of Oaxaca who have filed a complaint against a fraudulent recruiter who conned them, promising a passport, a U.S. work visa, and a secure job in the state of Texas.

On February 18th, 2015, a federal jury awarded $14 million USD in damages to five former H-2B workers. The five had been recruited by Signal International to work as welders in Mississippi, repairing oil rigs after Hurricane Katrina. It was an exciting conclusion to seven years of litigation seeking justice for workers who experienced trafficking, fraud and discrimination in their pursuit of good jobs in the United States.