Vhiki nhatu mushure mekunge mukuru wavo amira kuvabhadhara, vaviri vekuMexico vashandi vemwaka vanoti, vakatiza muPutnam County nursery uye greenhouse compound ndokutsvaga rubatsiro rwemutemo kuti vadzore mihoro yakarasika.
Victor Alvarez Garcia naMartin Magallon Del Rio vakapomera mukuru wavo mhosva yekuvanyengetedza kuAmerica nevimbiso yekuvapa mabasa anovapa mari uye nemamiriro ekushanda ane hunhu, pasi pechirongwa cheH-2A vhiza, maererano nechichemo chakamhan'arwa muna Gumiguru 14 kuUS District Court, White Plains. , kungo“tora basa ravo kuti vawane mubayiro wakaderera zvisiri pamutemo.”
Mukuru wavo, Jesus Flores, ndiye mutungamiri weBerkshire Nursery & Supply Corp. muPatterson - bhizinesi rine mvumo yekushandisa H-2A vashandi vevhiza - uye CEO weRosa Contracting Inc. uye mabhizinesi maviri akafanana ane mazita muNew Rochelle asina kupihwa mvumo shandisai varume.
Flores haana kupindura mameseji eemail achibvunza divi rake renyaya.
Chirongwa cheH-2A vhiza chinobvumira mabhizinesi kuhaya vashandi vekune dzimwe nyika vasingadi kune dzimwe nyika kuti vaite basa rekurima remwaka, kana pasina vashandi vekuUS vanoda uye vanokwanisa varipo kumabasa.
Flores, maererano nekunyunyuta, anoshandisa network yemhuri muMexico inotora vashandi vemwaka.
MunaFebruary, Flores aitsvaga vashandi gumi nevaviri veBerkshire. (Maererano nedatabase reDhipatimendi reVashandi reUS, Berkshire yakatenderwa vashandi gumi.)
Iyo 45-acre chivakwa chinosanganisira greenhouses uye nursery yekurima gadheni nevatengi veminda, sekureva kwayo webhusaiti, uye bhizinesi zvakare rinotengesa zvidhori, basa rematombo, makomba emoto uye fenicha yekunze.
Garcia naDel Rio vanoti mukuwasha waFlores akavakurudzira kuti vashande kuBerkshire, uye vakasangana nababa naamai vaFlores sezvo Flores aiteerera parunhare.
Flores anonzi akati achashanda mumagreenhouse kwemaawa makumi mana pasvondo ne$40 paawa, kubva musi wa15.66 Kurume kusvika 28 Zvita.
“Akataura kuti basa rakanga risina kuoma, kuti vaizopiwa nzvimbo yokugara,” mukuwirirana nechichemo chacho, “uye kuti chinodiwa bedzi chakanga chiri chokuva netsika dzakanaka dzebasa uye kuva nechido.
Varume vacho vaizofanira kusiya vana vavo kwemwedzi mipfumbamwe, asi chipo chacho “chairatidzika somukana wakanaka wokushanda uye kuwana mari yakawanda kupfuura (yavai) kutarisira kuwana kumabasa muMexico.”
Asi pachinzvimbo chekurima gadheni, Garcia anoti, akashanda zvakanyanya pakugadzira minda nemabasa ekuvaka muNew Rochelle, Mamaroneck, dzimwe nzvimbo dzeWestchester uye kumba kwaFlores. Panzvimbo pemaawa 40 nemazuva mashanu pavhiki, aishanda maawa 12 pazuva nemazuva manomwe pavhiki uye haana kumbobhadharwa nguva yakawedzerwa. Akawana imwe madhora mazana maviri nemakumi mashanu neshanu pasvondo, kubvisa kubviswa kweSocial Security kwaaive asingakodzeri uye kwaisapihwa ma paystubs.
Del Rio anoti akashanda zvakanyanya samakanika, kusanganisira pamotokari dzeFlores. Anoti akashanda mazuva manomwe nemaawa anosvika 66.5 pasvondo. Akawana imwe $156 kusvika ku $256 mumari pakupera kwevhiki kunze kwekubviswa uye paystubs.
Vaigara nevamwe varume vatanhatu mune imwe imba kuseri kwekireshi, maererano nechichemo. Vakanga vasina motokari, saka vakatyairwa kunzvimbo dzebasa, girosari, uye kune bhizinesi rekutengesa cheki kuti vatore mihoro yavo.
Munun’una waFlores akavaudza kuti paizova nezvinetso kana vakasaita basa ravakapiwa, maererano nechichemo chacho, uye mwana womukoma wake akavaudza kuti Flores akashandisa shamwari dzake kuMexico kutyisidzira mhuri dzevashandi “uye kuvadzinga mutaundi rokumusha kwavo. ”
Mubhadharo wavo waiwanzononoka, chichemo chinoti, uye Garcia naDel Rio pavakanyunyuta, Flores akamisa foromani kuti avatyaire kuenda kuchitoro chemari.
Pakupedzisira, Flores anonzi akazorega kuvabhadhara.
Zvino varume vakanga vasingakwanisi kutenga girosari kana kutumira mari kumusha kumhuri dzavo. Vakapukunyuka, maererano nokunyunyuta, nokuronga tekisi kuti ivaendese kumba kweshamwari kuWestchester.
Flores, maererano nechichemo, akatyisidzira kuvadzinga kana vakasadzokera kubasa. Pane kudaro, vakabatana neNew York Department of Labor uye vakawana rubatsiro mukudzorera chikamu chemuhoro wavo kwemavhiki matatu ekupedzisira ebasa.
Garcia naDel Rio vari kupomera Flores nemabhizinesi ake mhosva yekuvaisa muhusungwa nechisimba, pasi pemutemo wemubatanidzwa weTrafficking Victims Protection Act. Ivo zvakare vari kubhadharisa kutyora kwemubatanidzwa uye yenyika mishoma muhoro, nguva yakawandisa, kubviswa zvisiri pamutemo uye mitemo yekutsiva.
Vanomiririrwa nemagweta Maureen Hussain naCristina Brito veWorker Justice Center yeNew York, muHawthorne.
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