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This is why the country has gone to hell. Look at all the so-called "journalists" in the response who took her story at face value without a simple google search.
A google search reveals a much more cynical and less sympathetic story for her parents. https://twitter.com/jiatolentino/status/1263208982614814722
A google search reveals a much more cynical and less sympathetic story for her parents. https://twitter.com/jiatolentino/status/1263208982614814722
So, I did go in and check her parents' case and here are some highlights.
On top of this... can a teacher afford this? How much does a teacher make? $35K
If they took half of her salary and $6k on top of it!
If they took half of her salary and $6k on top of it!
It's amazing how uncritical all the blue-checks in the response are!
Extortion.
And @jiatolentino could have handled this differently. Journalist Alexander Tizon wrote an expose where he was honest. https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2017/06/lolas-story/524490/
And yet another lie!
All of the charges were upheld in a preliminary hearing... In the end, her dad decided to plea out in exchange for a lesser charge. https://twitter.com/jiatolentino/status/1263484058354487297?s=20
All of the charges were upheld in a preliminary hearing... In the end, her dad decided to plea out in exchange for a lesser charge. https://twitter.com/jiatolentino/status/1263484058354487297?s=20
Finally, the teacher's side https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.bostonglobe.com/editorials/2013/06/11/your-child-teacher-victim-human-trafficking/dQz2fYPwg6Xkgt1aV6HaiL/story.html%3foutputType=amp
And this offers more on the teacher's side of the story https://inthesetimes.com/working/entry/16738/trafficked_teachers_neoliberalisms_latest_globalized_labor_source
Now extrapolate this behavior to every piece of news you hear....
*shudders*
*shudders*
Many people come to terms with having parents and grandparents do horrible stuff without lying about it. https://www.salon.com/2018/12/30/best-of-2018-my-grandfather-wasnt-a-nazi-fighting-war-hero-he-was-a-brutal-collaborator/
The teachers were starved!!!!
Another lie! Her parents didn't get a mistrial cause the jury could not come up with a verdict after deliberation.
The jury was dismissed prior to deliberation.
The jury was dismissed prior to deliberation.
This is such a common migration pattern that the UN had multiple hearings and is now offering guidelines on how recruiting agencies are often responsible for human trafficking.
For more information: https://www.unodc.org/documents/human-trafficking/2015/Recruitment_Fees_Report-Final-22_June_2015_AG_Final.pdf
For more information: https://www.unodc.org/documents/human-trafficking/2015/Recruitment_Fees_Report-Final-22_June_2015_AG_Final.pdf
Manila Times reported it in 2004 https://www.manilatimes.net/2004/11/25/news/top-stories/ring-smuggling-filipino-teachers-into-us-busted/683808/
How do we transfer this logic over to her parents?
Written in 2012 about her Venice Trip https://medium.com/the-billfold/venice-on-silence-and-three-euro-a-day-41f5765c202c
The ending of her blog is extra disgusting.
This is another case. This lady was also from the Philippines. Notice how her traffickers called ICE on her.
Her traffickers are never ICE target.
Her traffickers are never ICE target.
Here is the memo the DOJ attorney wrote prior to prosecution.
That's a lot of money from poor teachers
That's a lot of money from poor teachers
If anyone is having trouble sleeping, check all the civil cases where Omni has been sued.
The grandmother is a US citizen. Dad is a Canadian citizen. Other people have been abused by ICE, but using ICE as a cover when we all know that said parties have called ICE on non-compliant people... is purely disgusting.
Her dad went to NYU.
This is what her dad and grandma pled guilty to and what he pled guilty to contradicts her whitewashing statement.
Her dad and grandma knew that there were no jobs and 8 days later, they still manufactured fake contracts for teachers in the Philippines.
Her dad and grandma knew that there were no jobs and 8 days later, they still manufactured fake contracts for teachers in the Philippines.
Again, her parents KNEW that the teachers didn't have jobs before they left the Philippines yet they decided to bring them in.... why?
Cause they charged usurious loans for these poor teachers.
Cause they charged usurious loans for these poor teachers.
And of course we don't know what kind of families they had to leave behind in the Philippines.
(This is an example of a migrant worker)
(This is an example of a migrant worker)
Here is an example of a deceptive re recruitment ad used by the parents corporation https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.philstar.com/nation/2002/09/19/176577/us-state-texas-recruiting-800-filipino-teachers/amp/
An "article" with grandma's comments https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.philstar.com/business/business-as-usual/2001/07/13/83644/teachers-texas/amp/
Grandma's lies.
2003 advertisement... despite having about 40+ unemployed teachers https://www.philstar.com/nation/2003/04/07/201829/us-state-need-more-teachers
Once again, on this website, her grandmother in 2001 was caught lying to people about the teachers' salary
https://archive.is/wip/GgtAz
https://archive.is/wip/GgtAz
Her grandmother calls herself "activist" https://archive.is/UHuty
The edit wars are still going on .
Who will win?
Who will win?
It is a bigger problem than we all realize.
Also, it wasn't ICE that targeted her parents. The FBI was tipped off by a very worried priest from the Phillippines.
