SYRACUSE,
Kan. (AP) — Immigrants working on a remote Kansas ranch toil long days
in a type of servitude to work off loans from the company for the cost
of smuggling them into the country, according to five people who worked
there.
There
are no holidays, health insurance benefits or overtime pay at Fullmer
Cattle Co., which raises calves for dairies in four states. The
immigrants must buy their own safety gear such as goggles.
One
worker spent eight months cleaning out calf pens, laying down cement
and doing other construction work. Esteban Cornejo, a Mexican citizen
who is in the U.S. illegally, left Kansas in November after paying off
debt, which he figures was nearly $7,000.
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