Several stories about this couple--legal immigrants who remain citizens of Guinea--who brought an undocumented slave with them and used her as a household servant and babysitter. The girl wasn't sent to school and didn't have an actual bed until one of the children left for college.

They were just convicted of federal changes of forced labor and alien harboring and sentenced to 7 years in the federal pen and to pay restitution of $288K.

Their victim is now in her mid-20s.

Wonder how many cases there are in the U.S. like this.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2019/04/23/texas-couple-who-enslaved-young-girl-sentenced-years-prison-then-deportation/?utm_term=.5120e89c277b

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/11/us/enslaved-girl-guinea-16-years.html

According to the April filing, Ms. Cros-Toure would physically abuse the girl, who had scars consistent with stories she told of being whipped with an electrical cord and having an earring ripped from her ear. The girl also said that she had visited a doctor only once and had slept on a floor for years, upgrading to a twin bed only when one of the children left for college.

Story about a similar slave from the Philippines: https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2017/06/lolas-story/524490/

I suspect way too many.

Jinx 2 said:

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Several stories about this couple--legal immigrants who remain citizens of Guinea--who brought an undocumented slave with them and used her as a household servant and babysitter. The girl wasn't sent to school and didn't have an actual bed until one of the children left for college.

They were just convicted of federal changes of forced labor and alien harboring and sentenced to 7 years in the federal pen and to pay restitution of $288K.

Their victim is now in her mid-20s.

Wonder how many cases there are in the U.S. like this.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2019/04/23/texas-couple-who-enslaved-young-girl-sentenced-years-prison-then-deportation/?utm_term=.5120e89c277b

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/11/us/enslaved-girl-guinea-16-years.html

According to the April filing, Ms. Cros-Toure would physically abuse the girl, who had scars consistent with stories she told of being whipped with an electrical cord and having an earring ripped from her ear. The girl also said that she had visited a doctor only once and had slept on a floor for years, upgrading to a twin bed only when one of the children left for college.

Story about a similar slave from the Philippines: https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2017/06/lolas-story/524490/

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Terrible what they did to that lady. Seven years is a short term for what they did.
I bet there are many thousands of people living like this in the United States.

After reading the entirety of the story about Lola, it is amazing that in at the end she actually had a good life. That she was loved and she was missed and mourned by many.

Amazing really, from the horrible life she had before.

Forest Bueller said:

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Jinx 2 said:

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Several stories about this couple--legal immigrants who remain citizens of Guinea--who brought an undocumented slave with them and used her as a household servant and babysitter. The girl wasn't sent to school and didn't have an actual bed until one of the children left for college.

They were just convicted of federal changes of forced labor and alien harboring and sentenced to 7 years in the federal pen and to pay restitution of $288K.

Their victim is now in her mid-20s.

Wonder how many cases there are in the U.S. like this.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2019/04/23/texas-couple-who-enslaved-young-girl-sentenced-years-prison-then-deportation/?utm_term=.5120e89c277b

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/11/us/enslaved-girl-guinea-16-years.html

According to the April filing, Ms. Cros-Toure would physically abuse the girl, who had scars consistent with stories she told of being whipped with an electrical cord and having an earring ripped from her ear. The girl also said that she had visited a doctor only once and had slept on a floor for years, upgrading to a twin bed only when one of the children left for college.

Story about a similar slave from the Philippines: https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2017/06/lolas-story/524490/

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Terrible what they did to that lady. Seven years is a short term for what they did.
I bet there are many thousands of people living like this in the United States.

After reading the entirety of the story about Lola, it is amazing that in at the end she actually had a good life. That she was loved and she was missed and mourned by many.

Amazing really, from the horrible life she had before.

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Sadly, I think you're right.

Forest Bueller said:

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Jinx 2 said:

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Several stories about this couple--legal immigrants who remain citizens of Guinea--who brought an undocumented slave with them and used her as a household servant and babysitter. The girl wasn't sent to school and didn't have an actual bed until one of the children left for college.

They were just convicted of federal changes of forced labor and alien harboring and sentenced to 7 years in the federal pen and to pay restitution of $288K.

Their victim is now in her mid-20s.

Wonder how many cases there are in the U.S. like this.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2019/04/23/texas-couple-who-enslaved-young-girl-sentenced-years-prison-then-deportation/?utm_term=.5120e89c277b

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/11/us/enslaved-girl-guinea-16-years.html

According to the April filing, Ms. Cros-Toure would physically abuse the girl, who had scars consistent with stories she told of being whipped with an electrical cord and having an earring ripped from her ear. The girl also said that she had visited a doctor only once and had slept on a floor for years, upgrading to a twin bed only when one of the children left for college.

Story about a similar slave from the Philippines: https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2017/06/lolas-story/524490/

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Terrible what they did to that lady. Seven years is a short term for what they did.
I bet there are many thousands of people living like this in the United States.

After reading the entirety of the story about Lola, it is amazing that in at the end she actually had a good life. That she was loved and she was missed and mourned by many.

Amazing really, from the horrible life she had before.

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Judge Connor has been criticized for giving a low sentence. I'm relieved the couple will both be deported when they have served their time, and also wondering if they will serve the full 7 years.

Both of these women escaped lives that wouldn't have been great--Lola faced marriage to a pig farmer twice her age as a 14-year-old girl. But her sisters don't seem to have lived terrible lives, and the children she cared for genuinely seemed to love her and cared for her in her old age.

The children involved in the Dallas case appear to have been comfortable with the arrangement.

What depressed me was not only does slavery still exist, but it's happening in the U.S. and in full view of neighbors who don't really understand what's going on--and also don't understand that, as a crime victim, the trafficked individual is eliglble for a U-Visa and can gain citizenship. If instances of slavery such as this are reported, the people in danger of deportation are the perps.

Jinx 2 said:

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Forest Bueller said:

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Jinx 2 said:

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Several stories about this couple--legal immigrants who remain citizens of Guinea--who brought an undocumented slave with them and used her as a household servant and babysitter. The girl wasn't sent to school and didn't have an actual bed until one of the children left for college.

They were just convicted of federal changes of forced labor and alien harboring and sentenced to 7 years in the federal pen and to pay restitution of $288K.

Their victim is now in her mid-20s.

Wonder how many cases there are in the U.S. like this.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2019/04/23/texas-couple-who-enslaved-young-girl-sentenced-years-prison-then-deportation/?utm_term=.5120e89c277b

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/11/us/enslaved-girl-guinea-16-years.html

According to the April filing, Ms. Cros-Toure would physically abuse the girl, who had scars consistent with stories she told of being whipped with an electrical cord and having an earring ripped from her ear. The girl also said that she had visited a doctor only once and had slept on a floor for years, upgrading to a twin bed only when one of the children left for college.

Story about a similar slave from the Philippines: https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2017/06/lolas-story/524490/

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Terrible what they did to that lady. Seven years is a short term for what they did.
I bet there are many thousands of people living like this in the United States.

After reading the entirety of the story about Lola, it is amazing that in at the end she actually had a good life. That she was loved and she was missed and mourned by many.

Amazing really, from the horrible life she had before.

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Judge Connor has been criticized for giving a low sentence. I'm relieved the couple will both be deported when they have served their time, and also wondering if they will serve the full 7 years.

Both of these women escaped lives that wouldn't have been great--Lola faced marriage to a pig farmer twice her age as a 14-year-old girl. But her sisters don't seem to have lived terrible lives, and the children she cared for genuinely seemed to love her and cared for her in her old age.

The children involved in the Dallas case appear to have been comfortable with the arrangement.

What depressed me was not only does slavery still exist, but it's happening in the U.S. and in full view of neighbors who don't really understand what's going on--and also don't understand that, as a crime victim, the trafficked individual is eliglble for a U-Visa and can gain citizenship. If instances of slavery such as this are reported, the people in danger of deportation are the perps.

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I've got to say, years ago when selling insurance I would go to visit folks in their homes pretty often. Especially with folks from these backgrounds, there would be a bunch of people in one home at times. I wonder if I saw someone living with this horrible set up. Very possible.

You are right about Lola, she didn't want to get raped by a man twice her age, and would do anything to get away from that, at the time. In the end she lived to 87 and the last decade or more of her life was good. She died suddenly of a heart attack and didn't languish for years like so many old folks do. In the end she seemed to find joy in life.

tommie said:

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Forest Bueller said:

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Jinx 2 said:

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Several stories about this couple--legal immigrants who remain citizens of Guinea--who brought an undocumented slave with them and used her as a household servant and babysitter. The girl wasn't sent to school and didn't have an actual bed until one of the children left for college.

They were just convicted of federal changes of forced labor and alien harboring and sentenced to 7 years in the federal pen and to pay restitution of $288K.

Their victim is now in her mid-20s.

Wonder how many cases there are in the U.S. like this.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2019/04/23/texas-couple-who-enslaved-young-girl-sentenced-years-prison-then-deportation/?utm_term=.5120e89c277b

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/11/us/enslaved-girl-guinea-16-years.html

According to the April filing, Ms. Cros-Toure would physically abuse the girl, who had scars consistent with stories she told of being whipped with an electrical cord and having an earring ripped from her ear. The girl also said that she had visited a doctor only once and had slept on a floor for years, upgrading to a twin bed only when one of the children left for college.

Story about a similar slave from the Philippines: https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2017/06/lolas-story/524490/

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Terrible what they did to that lady. Seven years is a short term for what they did.
I bet there are many thousands of people living like this in the United States.

After reading the entirety of the story about Lola, it is amazing that in at the end she actually had a good life. That she was loved and she was missed and mourned by many.

Amazing really, from the horrible life she had before.

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Sadly, I think you're right.

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The thing is you never know when, it looks like a relative living with the family to an outsider.