24 indicted; Visa workers exploited, raped & threatened by Georgia sponsors: DOJ

[Boiler 45,932]

https://fox28media.com/news/local/indictments-of-24-defendants-more-than-100-victims-rescued-in-operation-blooming-onion

 

Operation Blooming Onion, a six-year investigation, determined that there were roughly 70,000 victims, with 100 of them being located in the southern region.

Investigators stated that there were several rapes and deaths among the visa recipients.

The exploitation of the workers included being required to dig onions with their bare hands, paid 20 cents for each bucket harvested, and threatened with guns and violence to keep them in line.

 

Why did it take 6 years?

[Crtcl Rice Theory 2,432]

11 minutes ago, Boiler said:

https://fox28media.com/news/local/indictments-of-24-defendants-more-than-100-victims-rescued-in-operation-blooming-onion

 

Operation Blooming Onion, a six-year investigation, determined that there were roughly 70,000 victims, with 100 of them being located in the southern region.

Investigators stated that there were several rapes and deaths among the visa recipients.

The exploitation of the workers included being required to dig onions with their bare hands, paid 20 cents for each bucket harvested, and threatened with guns and violence to keep them in line.

 

Why did it take 6 years?

Well exploitation and poor working and living conditions for farmworkers has never been a thing that Americans have worried about. Americans want their cheap vegetables and white painted fences, they dont ask many questions. One factor might be trying to roll up the top of the organization, which may even lead back to the Cartels which can take years. I guess it is a tradeoff, letting these crimes and suffering continue versus law enforcement goals. 

More importantly:  If we are going to have a guest worker programs, can we build monitoring and certification right into the fee structure?  The states are not waiting for the Feds on this and are building this into local agriculture programs, but the work will just migrate to other dangerous scenarios.

[Boiler 45,932]

Well we end with a situation like California where they allow Pot Shops but the legal dispensaries can not compete with the guy on the street due to the fees and taxes.

[Nature Boy 2.0 8,378]

44 minutes ago, Crtcl Rice Theory said:

Well exploitation and poor working and living conditions for farmworkers has never been a thing that Americans have worried about. Americans want their cheap vegetables and white painted fences, they dont ask many questions. One factor might be trying to roll up the top of the organization, which may even lead back to the Cartels which can take years. I guess it is a tradeoff, letting these crimes and suffering continue versus law enforcement goals. 

More importantly:  If we are going to have a guest worker programs, can we build monitoring and certification right into the fee structure?  The states are not waiting for the Feds on this and are building this into local agriculture programs, but the work will just migrate to other dangerous scenarios.

Lets get the border shut down 1st. Then responsible legal immigration and a guest worker program.