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Lawsuit Says Community College Program was Human Trafficking

Lawsuit Says Community College Program was Human Trafficking The lawsuit accuses an Iowa community college, a recruitment company, a pet food manufacturer and a packaging company of human trafficking and involuntary servitude. Jan 15th, 2021 iStock DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) Eleven students from Brazil and Chile have filed a federal lawsuit accusing a northwest Iowa community college, a recruitment company, a pet food manufacturer and a packaging company of human trafficking and involuntary servitude. The lawsuit filed Monday in the Northern District of Iowa says Western Iowa Tech Community College and J&L Staffing, both in Sioux City, lured the students to Iowa in 2019 under a work- and study- based visa exchange program only to push them into factory jobs that had no educational value and were unrelated to the field of study.

NEWS 1 14 20: Blizzard Ahead, NE State of the State, IA Capitol Mask Push, Missing Man Update & More

SPM NEWS 1.14.20 - 3:04PM Siouxland is gearing up for the second Blizzard Warning in three weeks.  The warning starts tonight at 6 and extends until 6 p.m. tomorrow.  The forecast calls for 3 to 8 inches by tomorrow afternoon, with wind gusts as high as 60 miles per hour. On social media, the National Weather Service says the severity of the storm will depend on how much snow falls. If we see more than an inch on the group with additional blowing snow, conditions will be more significant, especially for portions of Iowa and Minnesota. Nebraska voters could get to decide whether to restrict local government spending next year under Gov. Pete Ricketts’ new property tax proposal that he presented to lawmakers during his state of the state address today.

Iowa human trafficking: 11 foreign students allege community college forced them to do factory jobs

Copy to Clipboard A group of foreign students has filed a lawsuit against Western Iowa Tech Community College (WITCC/College Campus) A group of foreign students has filed a lawsuit against Western Iowa Tech Community College, alleging that the school and a few more local businesses lured them to university with work-study visas and later forced them to do factory jobs. A total of 11 students, 9 from Brazil and 2 from Chile have filed the lawsuit on Monday, January 11, in U.S District Court in Sioux City. The complaint stated that the college and J&L staffing, both based in Sioux City, “ lured the students to Iowa in 2019 under a work- and study- based visa exchange program only to push them into up to 50 hours-a-week factory jobs making pet food that had no educational value and were unrelated to the field of study,” according to Daily Mail. 

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