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MARTÍNEZ-RODRÍGUEZ v. GILES

No. 19-35526.

31 F.4th 1139 (2022)

Cesar MARTÍNEZ-RODRÍGUEZ; Dalia Padilla-López; Mayra Múñoz-Lara; Brenda Gastélum-Sierra; Leslie Ortiz-García; Ricardo Neri-Camacho, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Curtis GILES, an individual; David Funk, an individual; Funk Dairy, Inc., an Idaho corporation; Shoesole Farms, Inc., an Idaho corporation; Does, 1-10, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed April 18, 2022.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edgar Iván Aguilasocho (argued) and Mario Martinez , Martinez Aguilasocho Law Inc., Bakersfield, California; Natalie Camacho Mendoza , Camacho Mendoza Law, Boise, Idaho; for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

David P. Claiborne (argued) and Katie L. Vendenberg , Sawtooth Law Offices PLLC, Boise, Idaho, for Defendants-Appellees.

Stuart A. Raphael , Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP, Washington, D.C.; Sarah L. Bessell , Human Trafficking Legal Center, Washington, D.C.; for Amicus Curiae Human Trafficking Legal Center.

Melia Amal Bouhabib and Elizabeth Leiserson , Texas RioGrande Legal Aid Inc., Nashville, Tennessee, for Amicus Curiae Aurora Bedolla.

Before: Marsha S. Berzon and Daniel P. Collins, Circuit Judges, and Jennifer Choe-Groves, Judge.

OPINION

Plaintiffs are six citizens of Mexico who were recruited to work as "Animal Scientists" at Defendant Funk Dairy, Inc. ("Funk Dairy") in Idaho under the "TN Visa" program for "professional" employees, established under the North American Free Trade Agreement ("NAFTA"). But when Plaintiffs arrived at the dairy...

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