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Is this how immigrant workers who did not come in legally should be treated? This is a blatant abuse of people who cannot fight back by people who are superior. An abuse of authority, so to say. This article has been taken from the Human Rights Watch website.
US: Female Farmworkers at Risk for Sex Abuse
by: Grace Meng
Four years ago, "Patricia M." was working in an almond orchard in California. She was 23 years old, had come from Mexico only two years earlier and had no family in the United States. She says the foreman "bothered" her at first, offering her food and drink and telling her he could get her work. This made Patricia uncomfortable, so she always refused. On the end of the third day, the foreman dropped all the other workers off, but he took her to a remote field and raped her.
Patricia told no one. She could not afford to leave the job, and he continued to rape her. She says, "I let him because I didn't want him to hit me. I didn't want to feel pain." She did not consider calling the police. "I was afraid they would put me in jail; I was afraid (they'd) send me to Mexico because I was illegal," Patricia said. "I felt very sad and very alone."
Patricia's story is not uncommon. As Human Rights Watch documents in our new report, "Cultivating Fear," hundreds of thousands of female farmworkers face a high risk of sexual violence and harassment as they grow, pick and pack food in the United States.
Read the full article.
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