1. Legal Aid Society of Metropolitan Family Services
Human Trafficking
What is it? Where is it happening? What can I do to stop it?
Miguel C. Keberlein Gutiérrez | Executive Director
Legal Aid Society of Metropolitan Family Services
Phone: |
One North Dearborn, Suite 1000 | Chicago, IL 60602
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Farmworker Rights
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3. Farmworker Rights
There is almost no food we eat in the United States that is not first touched by the hands of farmworkers.
We are the most wealthy and best fed nation on earth.
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4. Farmworker Rights Timeline of Historical Events
Creating our Modern-day Agricultural System
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Farmworker Rights
1860s – 1960s
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Farmworker Rights
1960s - Today
Coalition of Immokalee Workers:
Cesar Chavez:
Harvest of Shame:
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Farmworker Rights
1960s - Today
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Farmworker Rights
Traditional Migrant
Seasonal
H2A Guest Worker
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9. Farmworkers in Illinois
Farmworker Rights
Farmworkers in Illinois
75,000 at peak time in July
Isolated, under the radar
Wide range of agricultural activities
Hispanic, monolingual
Detasseling corn
About ½ undocumented
Fruits and vegetables
Fewer legal rights
Tobacco
Very high incidents of injury
Flowers
Growing number are guest workers – H2A
Meatpacking, canneries
Landscaping
Children allowed to work
Poorly compensated, need SNAP
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Farmworker Rights
Legal Issues
Wage theft
Isolated
Human trafficking (modern-day slavery)
Under-educated – 6th grade average
Fewer worker protections
Lack of quality housing
Workplace sexual violence
Exposure to highly dangerous pesticides
No access to daily resources
Horrendous workplace conditions
Very little quality oversight from govt.
Cycle of poverty
Lack of healthcare
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11. https://icert.doleta.gov/
Farmworker Rights
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Human Trafficking
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Human Trafficking
Human trafficking is modern-day slavery and involves the use of force, fraud, or coercion to obtain some type of labor or commercial sex act.
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Recruit
Harbor
Transport
Provide
Obtain a person
through the use of
Force
Fraud
Coercion
for the purpose of subjection to
Involuntary servitude
Peonage
Debt bondage
= Labor Trafficking
Recruit
Harbor
Transport
Provide
Obtain a person
through the use of
Force
Fraud
Coercion
for the purpose of
Commercial Sex Act
No FFC if under the age of 18
= Sex Trafficking
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15. Human Trafficking Who are the Victims? Who is at Risk?
Trafficking victims can be any age, race, gender, or nationality
Trafficking victims can be men or women, young or old, American or from abroad, with or without legal status
Traffickers prey on victims with little or no social safety net
They look for victims who are vulnerable because of their illegal immigration status, limited English proficiency, and those who may be in vulnerable situations due to economic hardship, political instability, natural disasters, or other causes
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16. Human Trafficking How do I Identify Human Trafficking?
Human trafficking is often “hidden in plain sight”
There are a number of red flags, or indicators, which can help alert you to human trafficking
Recognizing the signs is the first step in identifying victims
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17. Human Trafficking Behavior or Physical State:
Does the victim act fearful, anxious, depressed, submissive, tense, or nervous/paranoid?
Does the victim defer to another person to speak for him or her?
Does the victim show signs of physical and/or sexual abuse, physical restraint, confinement, or torture?
Has the victim been harmed or deprived of food, water, sleep, medical care, or other life necessities?
Does the victim have few or no personal possessions?
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Human Trafficking
Social Behavior
Can the victim freely contact friends or family?
Is the victim allowed to socialize or attend religious services?
Does the victim have freedom of movement?
Has the victim or family been threatened with harm if the victim attempts to escape?
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19. 2018 Joint CIG Dissemination Event
Human Trafficking
Cases in the Midwest
H2A Visa holder recruited from Mexico, threatened when he complained about work conditions. Not given water on hot day and dies in the fields. Authorities told he ran off the job. Body recovered 50 days later.
17-year-old female from upper middle class family begins modeling career; Manager begins forcing her into selling sex on different shoots and threatens to do harm to her younger siblings and expose her to her school and family friends if she complains.
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Human Trafficking
Cases in the Midwest
4 men recruited at homeless shelter to work construction. Forced to live in a shipping container and severely beaten if they try to escape. Worked hour days and paid less than $4 per day.
High school basketball player from Senegal recruited to come live with a family, go to school, and play basketball. Forced to sleep on concrete floor of garage and given very little food or water. Family in Senegal threatened if player doesn’t sign with certain school and agency.
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22. Legal Aid Society of Metropolitan Family Services
Miguel C. Keberlein Gutiérrez | Executive Director
Legal Aid Society of Metropolitan Family Services
Phone: |
One North Dearborn, Suite 1000 | Chicago, IL 60602