Natasha moved to Chicago from Eastern Europe a year and a half ago with a visa and a vision of what America would be like. But that vision quickly disintegrated.
The nanny job she had secured turned ugly when they stopped paying her on time and started asking her to do things she wasn’t comfortable with. Finally, feeling as though she had no other options, she quit and started the job search anew.
“[The job] was not working at all,” said Natasha, who requested her real name be withheld. “But then I had no money and I got desperate because I didn’t want to leave.”
One of her Eastern European friends mentioned a Chicago-area spa owner who was hiring masseuses and provided great perks: a free apartment, a car and a ….
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