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As guest workers increase, so do concerns of wage cheating

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By SUSAN FERRISS and JOE YERARDI
The Center for Public Integrity

From 2005 to 2020, U.S. employers around the country were ordered to pay more than $42.5 million in back wages to 69,000 workers who perform seasonal low-wage jobs on guest worker visas. Labor advocates worry that’s just the tip of the problem. Investigations by the Labor Department — which has special oversight over guest workers — aren’t keeping pace with a dramatic increase in workers, according to an analysis Center for Public Integrity. 

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