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El modelo de negocio de la gran industria agr\u00edcola se basa en tener una fuerza laboral barata y f\u00e1cilmente controlable para explotarla. Una forma en que las instalaciones de la gran industria agr\u00edcola encuentran trabajadores vulnerables es enga\u00f1ando a los ciudadanos extranjeros para que viajen a Estados Unidos con visas de intercambio J-1, anunciando una pasant\u00eda educativa cuando, en realidad, pretenden utilizarlos para trabajos de mano de obra general y barata.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As\u00ed fue lo que le pas\u00f3 a tres guatemaltecos que fueron atra\u00eddos a Estados Unidos con falsas promesas de desarrollo profesional y promoci\u00f3n educativa, solo para terminar trabajando en la m\u00e1s dura y peligrosa labor en Livingston Enterprises, una instalaci\u00f3n industrial para cerdos. Estos hombres agotaron sus ahorros y tomaron prestado dinero para poder acceder a esta oportunidad, solo para que Livingston los empleara para realizar trabajos peligrosos y a menudo peligrosos a bajos salarios en sus operaciones de alimentaci\u00f3n animal. Tambi\u00e9n fueron colocados en condiciones de vida mucho peores de las prometidas y les dijeron que no deb\u00edan buscar tratamiento para lesiones graves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Representados por FarmSTAND, Legal Aid of Nebraska y Radford Scott LLP, estos tres hombres guatemaltecos est\u00e1n demandando a Livingston Enterprises y Worldwide Farmers Exchange, la empresa que los reclut\u00f3 de manera fraudulenta. La demanda apunta a una pr\u00e1ctica que ha permitido a empleadores como Livingston explotar el programa de visas J-1 con fines lucrativos, y alega que estas empresas violaron las leyes federales sobre tr\u00e1fico de personas, extorsi\u00f3n y derechos civiles, as\u00ed como las leyes estatales.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

En abril de 2025, FarmSTAND present\u00f3 una acci\u00f3n ante el Departamento de Estado, que administra el programa de visas J-1 y que no ha respondido adecuadamente a una solicitud de acceso a la informaci\u00f3n de 2024. FarmSTAND est\u00e1 solicitando informaci\u00f3n sobre c\u00f3mo los acusados en\u00a0Alvarado<\/em> \u00bfHas utilizado el programa de visas J-1 y, de ser as\u00ed, \u00bfqu\u00e9 supervisi\u00f3n ha ejercido el Departamento de Estado sobre ese uso?.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Alegatos de bienhecho<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Queja enmendada (Alvarado v. Livingston)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Oposici\u00f3n a la moci\u00f3n de desestimaci\u00f3n de la WFE (Alvarado v. Livingston)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Oposici\u00f3n a la moci\u00f3n de desestimaci\u00f3n del LEI (Alvarado contra Livingston)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Res\u00famenes de los casos de FOIA<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Queja (FarmSTAND contra el Departamento de Estado)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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