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Because the women entered the country without proper documentation, they cannot legally earn wages. Because the women have the ankle devices, they cannot leave. And it could be months before they even have a hearing.
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“When I eat vegetables, I know who harvested those vegetables,” Gutierrez told those who gathered Saturday morning in the fellowship hall at St. Bridget’s Catholic Church in Postville. “When I eat fruit, I know who’s hands last touched that fruit. When I enter a business and I step on the floor, I know who was there at 1 or 2 in the morning to clean it. When I got to a hotel to sleep, I know who cleaned and arranged that room. I know this in all aspects of my life: This is a human crisis.”