One immigration expert referred to it as ‘new age slavery’ that traps people in a spiral of debt. - Beth Brelje
@BethBrelje ...Gonzalez told the five they owed him “substantial debts for his assistance” and that they should remain in one of the homes he owned and work at jobs he arranged to pay off the debts...
Gonzalez connected them with “temporary staffing agencies, for the aliens to work in low-paying jobs,” and he obtained false identification documents, including permanent resident cards with false U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services numbers and Social Security cards with fake numbers, the indictment said.
It is unknown if they voted, but with these documents, they could have.
He charged them for lodging and transportation, taking about half their weekly wages, the indictment said...
In
2000, Congress passed the Trafficking Victims Protection Act (TVPA), which makes trafficking victims eligible for taxpayer funded
benefits, including free food from the SNAP card; free health care; job training; free or low cost housing and money from either from Supplemental Security Income (SSI), Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), or the Refugee Cash Assistance (RCA) program.
- “New Age Slavery’ - Trafficking — modern day slavery in the United States — is a byproduct of an unchecked open border, and President Joe Biden’s policies have invited more trafficking...