Inside the Chinese-funded and staffed marijuana farms springing up across the U.S.
During a farm inspection, New Mexico state special agents discovered an excessive number of cannabis plants in violation of state laws. Subsequent visits revealed dozens of underfed and shell-shocked Chinese workers on the premises, raising concerns about their wellbeing.
The workers said they had been trafficked to the farm in Torrance County, N.M., were prevented from leaving and never got paid.
They are part of a new pipeline of migrants “leaving” China and making illegal border crossings into the United States via Mexico, and many are taking jobs at hundreds of cannabis farms springing up across the U.S.
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