When Feliciano Velasco Rojas and Luis Guzman Rojas left their homes in Mexico and traveled to North Carolina for work in 2017, they did so to support their families and earn enough money to pay for sick relatives’ medication. Instead, they faced a nightmare situation in which they were trafficked from North Carolina to First Pick Farms, a blueberry farm in West Olive, Mich., where they were forced to work seven days a week with no breaks and no time off. This article dives into the experiences of Feliciano and Luis and the horrible conditions they endured.
