So that gives the company INCREDIBLE leverage over the candidate.
Primarily I feel sorry for the unseen American victim, but that must be sheer hell for the placed worker.
Usually I reject terms like “exploitation” or “usury”, but that does seem usurious to me, egregiously so.
Yes, I have known some of them, worked with them. Perfectly nice people. Absolutely the indentured servant of the company. Just like with the Mexican illegale situation half the problem is the terrible exploitation of these people they pipe up here.