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Historic storm lashed through cedar rapids, iowa, leaving billions of dollars in damages across the state you can tell how many buildings were damaged. >> there was another building right there at the corner that got completely destroyed >> reporter: pablo ramirez hired a group of construction workers from texas and mexico to come help. most of the workers did not speak english. he says he did not ask their immigration status ramirez hired the men as a labor broker for blusky, a restoration construction company based in colorado. ramirez says he and the workers stayed here at one of the sites ...

Mounting backlash, two blusky executives flew in, agreeing to pay the workers after a day of negotiations. in exchange for nondisclosure agreements wage theft victims are usually low wage workers, sometimes undocumented who are often too intimidated to complain. experts say some companies hide behind labor brokers, claiming they never promised the workers anything in a statement to nbc news, blusky says their labor broker was the problem. the issue in cedar rapids arose because mr. ramirez failed to pay the people he personally hired, despite blusky having paid mr. ramirez for that same work b...

Lowest paid workers. >> reporter: investors like dominus capital, a new york-based private equity firm, which is a majority owner of blusky. dominus did not respond to numerous requests for comments, and blusky declined to be interviewed but pablo ramirez says because of all this he lost his home, did agree to talk. do you feel guilty >> yes, i feel guilty for bringing my own people here to have them work and not getting paid. >> reporter: when we contacted blusky, they announced they'd be expanding their existing oversight program to make sure partners paid workers fairly, accurately and on t...

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Mexican leader calls for clean energy use but defends oil exploitation 2 minutes read Mexico City, Apr 22 (EFE).- Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said Thursday that his country is seeking to generate “clean and cheap” energy via hydroelectric plants, although he also defended the use of petroleum for the internal market. “Although we have discovered three big reserves of hydrocarbons, the oil we’re discovering basically will be destined to cover fuel demand in the domestic market and the practice of exporting crude will be ended,” said the president, widely known as ...