AMITE, La. -- Thirty men came from the indigenous community of San Luis Potosin, in Mexico, last winter to work for Bimbo’s Best Produce, Inc. in Amite, La. U.S. trade agreements have destroyed their economy and forced these men to become cheap, exploitable workers. Recruiters in Mexico promised them the American dream, with one catch: they’d have to pay almost $1,000 in recruitment fees. They paid, and were brought to Amite, La. on H2-A visas on a bus that dropped them off at a Wal-Mart in the middle of the night. Then they found out that all of the promises recruiters had made them were false: steady jobs, decent wages, good conditions – none of it was true. They realized they had been trafficked to the fields of Amite.