Young cotton plants cover acres on a farm in Bolton, Miss., July 13, 2018. The U.S. Labor Department announced Wednesday, June 28, 2023, that it had completed an investigation that found 44 Mississippi farms exploited Black workers in the state by paying higher wages to immigrants. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File)
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Forty-four farms in Mississippi exploited local Black workers by paying higher wages to immigrants who were in the United States on temporary work visas, the U.S. Labor Department said Wednesday.
