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Waste Management To Pay $5.5 Million for Hiring Undocumented Workers

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Posted on August 30, 2018 · The U.S. Attorney's Office in Houston said Wednesday that a Waste Management subsidiary employed at least three managers at a West Texas waste site who actively encouraged the hiring of workers in the country illegally between 2003 and April 2012.

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Rice University Associate History Professor Kerry Ward researches human trafficking and modern-day slavery worldwide.

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How Do Immigrant Smuggling Operations Work?

Gail Delaughter

Posted on July 26, 2017 · A truck driver is now facing charges after 10 people die inside a hot truck found in San Antonio. Experts say it's difficult to know exactly how many undocumented immigrants are being brought into Texas under dangerous circumstances.

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Rice University Associate History Professor Kerry Ward researches human trafficking and modern-day slavery worldwide.

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How Do Immigrant Smuggling Operations Work?

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Posted on July 26, 2017 · A truck driver is now facing charges after 10 people die inside a hot truck found in San Antonio. Experts say it's difficult to know exactly how many undocumented immigrants are being brought into Texas under dangerous circumstances.

Tags human smuggling human trafficking immigration Kerry Ward undocumented workers

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