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3 charged with luring Mexican farmworkers to U.S. with illegal visas
By Ray Downs | May 17, 2018 at 9:18 PM
May 17 (UPI) -- Three California men were indicted Thursday for immigration fraud after authorities said they charged Mexican nationals thousands of dollars for work visas.
The U.S. Attorney's Office of the Central District of California said Jorge Vasquez, 58, Melquiades Jacinto Lara, 62, and Ricardo Mendoza Oseguera, 39, ran a scheme to charge Mexican farmworkers fees for transportation, room, board and H-2A visas, which are used for agriculture jobs in the United States.
Charging fees to obtain H-2A visas is illegal under federal law.
According to prosecutors, Vasquez traveled to Mexico to recruit farmworkers and charged them as much as $3,000 to obtain an H-2A visa.
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