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May 13, 2021

FBI investigates N.J. jobsite where workers from India reportedly earned $1.20 per hour

  • A lawsuit says over 200 workers were forced to work long hours and live in a compound.
    • By DAVID PORTER and MALLIKA SEN
    Associated Press

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    A lawsuit claims workers from India were lured to New Jersey and forced to work more than 12 hours per day at slave wages to help build this Hindu temple.

    FBI agents were at a large Hindu temple in New Jersey on Tuesday as a new lawsuit claimed it was built by workers from marginalized communities in India who were lured to the U.S. and forced to work long hours for just a few dollars per day.


     
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