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Ron Johnson: “All but one of the workers identified as victims told…”

Featuring: Ron Johnson, Republican | U.S. Senate, Wisconsin

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Chairman Johnson discusses border crisis at 6/26 hearing

Published | Video Starts at 06:06

The workers faced threats and were made to believe they would suffer serious harm if they left. All but one of the workers identified as victims told authorities they had to pay recruiting fees ranging from 200 to more than $600 to be placed on a list to come to work in the U.S. some say they also had to turn over titles to their properties in Mexico, their families, homes or land as collateral to get the job. (06:06–06:16)

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Asserts that workers paid recruiting fees ranging from $200 to over $600 to work in the U.S.

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