In 2013, 60,000 immigrants worked in detention centers run by the federal government — more than worked for any other single employer in the country. Ian Urbina charges that the government and private companies save $40 million or more a year by paying migrants 13 cents an hour rather than paying the federal minimum wage ($7.25). They’re making money on us while we work for them. Then they’re making even more money on us when we buy from them at the commissary. --Jose Moreno Olmedo, Mexican immigrant released in March Jacqueline Stevens, a professor of political science at Northwestern University, said she believed the program violated the 13th Amendment, which abolished slavery and involuntary servitude except as punishment for crime: By law, firms contracting with the federal government are supposed to match or increase local wages, not commit wage theft. While he thought the pay was unfair, working as a cook helped pass the time: They dont feed you that much. But you could eat food if you worked in the kitchen. --Minsu Jeon, South Korean native freed in January
Posted on: Thu, 29 May 2014 13:20:01 +0000
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