They sold their homes. They said goodbye to their families. After paying recruiters $20,000 for visas to take part in this nation’s H-2B guest worker program, they traveled from India to Pascagoula, Miss. There, the Indian welders and pipe fitters were promised good jobs at the Signal International shipyard and the chance to bring their families here.
When Did the American Dream Turn into Forced Labor? |
| By: Tula Connell Thursday June 12, 2008 10:30 am |


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