The Global Center on Human Trafficking
FLOR – MEXICO/UNITED STATES
Flor was taking sewing classes in Mexico. Her sewing teacher was approached by a trafficker because she knew a lot of women who knew how to sew and would be desperate to come to the United States to make money. She was told that when she got to the U.S. she would have a job to send money home, food and a place to stay. She was forced to work 18 hours a day making dresses that were being sold for $200 department stores. She was forced to sleep at the factory in a storage room, and had to share a single mattress with another victim. She was forbidden to talk to anyone or from putting one step outside of the factory. (Source 1, Source 2)