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Isidro Arellano thought hed found a good thing when recruiters showed up at Mexicos Universidad Tecnologica de Torreon looking for engineers interested in career-enhancing jobs in the auto industry in the U.S. South.What the 26-year-old said he got instead was a job lugging steering columns and installing bumpers, logging 60-hour-plus weeks at a Kia assembly line in West Point, Ga.

It's indirectly responsible for the myth of George Washington and the cherry tree.

For Maribel Hernández, falling ill with COVID-19 at a Louisiana crawfish processor and losing her job was terrible enough. But the Mexican guest worker was in for another shock. A federal labor investigation in 2020, initially focusing on worksite safety, revealed that the company failed to pay Hernández and 99 other guest workers a total of $138,629 in overtime earnings.

For Maribel Hernández, falling ill with COVID-19 at a Louisiana crawfish processor and...

Advocates say workers on H-2A and H-2B visas often hesitate to report abuse because the program ties their visa to a specific employer, who can threaten to...

Advocates say workers on H-2A and H-2B visas often hesitate to report abuse because the program ties their visa to a specific employer, who can threaten to...

Advocates say workers on H-2A and H-2B visas often hesitate to report abuse because the program ties their visa to a specific employer, who can threaten to...

Advocates say workers on H-2A and H-2B visas often hesitate to report abuse because the program ties their visa to a specific employer, who can threaten to...

For Maribel Hernández, falling ill with COVID-19 at a Louisiana crawfish processor and...

From 2005 to 2020, U.S. employers around the country were ordered to pay more than $42.5 million in back wages to 69,000 workers who perform seasonal low-wage jobs on guest worker visas