[HN Gopher] Sold an American Dream, these workers from India wou...
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       Sold an American Dream, these workers from India wound up living a
       nightmare
        
       Author : justin66
       Score  : 46 points
       Date   : 2023-01-23 18:14 UTC (4 hours ago)
        
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       | hulitu wrote:
       | > And maybe the most extraordinary part of this was that ... the
       | CEO of the company issued an apology.
       | 
       | In other countries people go to jail for such things.
        
       | lern_too_spel wrote:
       | It isn't just one company. This is still happening today.
       | https://www.tampabay.com/news/florida-politics/2022/10/19/mi...
        
       | satya71 wrote:
       | Weren't we boycotting UAE for similar situation?
        
         | nine_zeros wrote:
         | If Americans knew the reality of legal immigration in America,
         | they would never call themselves land of immigrants.
        
           | tristor wrote:
           | I don't think that follows from the article. This company was
           | committing crimes, immigration and wire fraud, human
           | trafficking, and labor violations. I don't think this
           | situation reflects the "reality of legal immigration in
           | America", emphasis on /legal/.
        
             | nine_zeros wrote:
             | I don't think you realize that it is the law that enables
             | companies to abuse "legal" hoping-to-be-immigrants. And I
             | emphasize "legal".
        
               | tristor wrote:
               | Considering that every action taken by these companies
               | was illegal, I don't know what you mean by "the law that
               | enables companies to abuse". I'm actually deeply in favor
               | of immigration reform in the US, but human trafficking is
               | not created by the law, it is blatantly illegal. The
               | illegality doesn't even begin in this case in the article
               | with the US, but with the coyotes in India that charged
               | these men $20k USD for them to come to the US to work,
               | when in fact legally it should be the other way around,
               | the visa sponsoring entity cannot charge you for
               | relocation costs, and may pay for them (but is not
               | required to do so).
        
       | RcouF1uZ4gsC wrote:
       | > And maybe the most extraordinary part of this was that ... the
       | CEO of the company issued an apology
       | 
       | The CEO should go to jail. If we started putting CEOs in prison
       | for these violations, it would do wonders to improve compliance.
       | And I am sure that you could find lots of people willing to get
       | paid millions to not violate the law. After all, I avoid
       | violating the law and I get paid a lot less.
        
         | landemva wrote:
         | If we won't jail CEO and BoD, a snitch reward would fix much of
         | this abuse. It could be funded privately.
        
         | hezralig wrote:
         | The US is really a bunch of corporations in a trenchcoat. Each
         | year, my faith that the executive class will see meaningful
         | prosecution in cases such as this diminishes.
         | 
         | I see it similarly to asking the police to investigate
         | themselves for negligence.
        
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