Hundreds of Indian Workers Trafficked to the U.S. for Defense Subcontractor Signal International

Image: Signal International After Hurricane Katrina, Signal International lost a lot of its workforce. To fill in the newly missing spots, it had a recruiter to import workers from India: workers who were told they’d come to America for a great job and be given permanent residency for themselves and their families—in exchange for a $20,000 recruitment fee to cover travel costs, visa, etc. That was how about 500 workers made their way (though the amount of the fee varied) to the U.S. to work fo… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Hundreds of Indian Workers Trafficked to the U.S. for Defense Subcontractor Signal International

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