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Chinese immigrant workers sue over forced labor at illegal marijuana operation on Navajo land

Por: ABC News Business September 28, 2023

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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- Chinese immigrant workers allege they were lured to northern New Mexico under false pretenses and forced to work 14 hours a day trimming on the Navajo Nation where cultivating the plant is illegal, according to a lawsuit filed Wednesday in state court.Job advertisements for the operation in Shiprock promised $200 per day, housing and food in exchange for “gardening” and “flower cutting.” But when the workers arrived... + full article



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