"I Was Scared." How Wage Theft Drains Millions Of Dollars From Minnesota Families – And What's Being Done To Stop It.

By Jonah Kaplan, CBS Minnesota

January 25, 2023

The dream is to get a job you love so much that it doesn't matter the pay, but dreams by themselves don't often cover the rent, buy groceries, or pay for car insurance.

Jose Diaz Escobar learned that lesson as a teenager after moving to Minnesota from Guatemala to live with his father.

"The first thing was to pay all my bills," Escobar told CBS News Minnesota. "I got a job washing dishes at a restaurant."

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