Call For Action From A Survivor Of Human Trafficking (Yes, It Happens To Men)
Ronny Marty, who’s from the Dominican Republic, came to the U.S. with the promise of a job. He ended up living in a tiny apartment with three men, with most of his earnings going back to his employer.
“I was supposed to work in a hotel, but they said they only had jobs in a DVD manufacturing company. I didn’t have any other options, because I had borrowed so much money to pay the $4,000 I needed to come here.
[The five of us working together] were making so little money because of all the deductions. They were deducting for visa extensions, housing, transportation to move us from Kansas City to Huntsville. They put three of us in a one-bedroom apartment with three tiny beds and made us each pay the employer $300 a month. But the employer was only paying $400 a month for the apartment. They told us if we left, they would call immigration and we’d be sent back home. They told us we needed them to extend our work visas to stay legally. They told us they knew where our families lived and they’d go after them.”