Lawsuit: New Mexico attorney general accuses recruitment agency of exploiting foreigner teachers Miranda Cyr, Las Cruces Sun-News
LAS CRUCES – When Ma. Eden Dagsaan, 52, started the process of emigrating from the Philippines to New Mexico through Total Teaching Solutions International to teach in public schools, she thought it was too good to be true. I was skeptical, Dagsaan said. Is it really true that I could go to America?
Once she stepped off her flight into Roswell, New Mexico on Sept. 11, 2017, the TTSI staff, who reportedly picked up her and fellow Filipino teachers after all other passengers were gone from the baggage claim, they immediately asked for the requested payment of $500 to go toward the $15,000 sum she owed to the company.
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Activists say Remain in Mexico has exposed thousands of asylum seekers to violence in dangerous cities near the U.S.-Mexico border.
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By Morgan Lee, Associated Press
The New Mexico Statehouse was largely evacuated on Wednesday as hundreds of supporters of President Donald Trump gathered peacefully outside the building and violence broke out in the nation s Capitol in Washington, D.C.
Democratic Speaker Brian Egolf said state police ordered the evacuation of the building that includes the governor´s office and secretary of state’s office, though some officials remained inside. He highlighted concerns about the violence in Washington.
A spokesman for the governor s office said there was no indication of threats and unrest. Caravans of Donald Trump supporters arrived at the building in cars, trucks and on horseback at midday.
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New Mexico AG Says Recruiter Preyed On Filipino Teachers
Law360 (January 5, 2021, 9:20 PM EST) New Mexico s attorney general accused a recruitment firm on Tuesday of preying on Filipino teachers, saying that through threats of litigation, the company forced exorbitant service fees on workers that were nearly four times what other recruiters charged.
Attorney General Hector Balderas filed the state court case against Total Teaching Solutions International Inc. and its CEO Janice Bickert, claiming they violated New Mexico s Unfair Practices Act through a slew of business practices, including the purported $15,000 service fees it charged to Filipino teachers placed in public schools.
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) New Mexico's attorney general is accusing a company that recruits immigrant teachers from the Philippines to work at public schools of charging exorbitant fees and using deceptive financial tactics, according to a lawsuit announced Tuesday. The lawsuit was filed with a state district court in Albuquerque against Total Teaching Solutions International and CEO Janice Bickert of Ruidoso, alleging exorbitant fees to place.