As is usual, the prosecution evades the illegal entry and work status aspect of this whole affair. Of course it's overshadowed by the untimely and unneccessary death of this poor kid. But what would have prevented it first? She should have been denied employment! this labor contractor doesn't follow proper hiring procedures as the law requires. That's the gateway to employment.
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Over her family's protests, Maria Isavel went to Putla, about three hours away, where she contacted a smuggler. After one failed attempt of crossing the desert to Arizona, she made it to Phoenix, then joined her fiance in Madera, Calif.
Working in the almond orchards, her fiance, Florentino Bautista, saved enough for a silver engagement ring. But two never married; Maria Isavel, who was two months pregnant, died five days after Mother's Day 2008.
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