October 20, 2022
Four Jamaican workers agreed Thursday to end a lawsuit accusing the owners of an Oklahoma Holiday Inn Express and Hampton Inn of abusing the J-1 exchange visa program to lure them into a human trafficking scheme, after reaching a settlement.
February 06, 2019
An Oklahoma federal judge has rejected bids by the owners of a Holiday Inn Express and a Hampton Inn in the state to toss a putative class action in which several Jamaicans contend the owners used J-1 exchange visitor visas to lure them into a human trafficking scheme.
June 18, 2018
Jamaican students who arrived in the U.S. on J-1 exchange visitor visas to work at a Holiday Inn Express and a Hampton Inn sued their hosts in Oklahoma federal court Friday, claiming to be "survivors of human trafficking" who shelled out high recruitment fees, got paid less than promised and were threatened with physical harm if they tried to quit.