https://freerepublic.com/tag/defactoslaves/ en-us Tue, 13 Mar 2007 22:46:39 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1800369/posts Congress ought to examine and end existing abuses in U.S. guest worker programs before it starts a new one for illegal immigrants, a civil rights group said Monday. The Southern Poverty Law Center, based in Montgomery, Ala., said foreigners hired through programs for farm and non-farm laborers work in conditions akin to indentured servitude. Discrimination based on national origin, race, age, disability and gender is deeply entrenched in the H-2 guest-worker system, the report said. Because they are bound to a single employer and don't have access to legal resources, guest workers are routinely cheated out of wages, forced to... WCVB-TV Boston https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1800369/posts#comment Tue, 13 Mar 2007 22:46:39 GMT