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By Sarah Mehta, Researcher, ACLU Human Rights Program

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Fairness for Workers Laboring in the Shadows

Leopolda Zumaya was working as an apple picker in Pennsylvania when he fell from a tree, breaking his leg and leaving him with permanent nerve damage and a chronic pain disorder. A treating physician said Mr. Zumaya's injuries were among the worst he'd seen, but when his boss learned Mr. Zumaya could not return to work, he ejected Mr. Zumaya from the farm labor camp where he lived and refused to pay benefits. More than eight years later, Mr. Zumaya continues to suffer chronic pain and struggles to walk.
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Harrowing Tales of the Wrongly Deported: How Border Patrol Officers Flout the Law and Destroy Lives

This was originally posted on The American Prospect.