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In this Friday, March 1, 2019 photo, Normita Lim poses for a photograph at her home in Concord, Calif. Lim did not receive back pay from her former employer, Publico, who paid her $2 an hour. Residential senior care homes are treating workers as indentured servants – and profiting handsomely. The profit margins can be huge and, for violators of labor laws, hinge on the widespread exploitation of thousands of caretakers, many of them poor immigrants effectively earning $2 to $3.50 an hour to work around the clock. (James Tensuan/Reveal via AP)

In this Friday, March 1, 2019 photo, Normita Lim poses for a photograph at her home in Concord, Calif. Lim did not receive back pay from her former employer, Publico, who paid her $2 an hour. Residential senior care homes are treating workers as indentured servants – and profiting handsomely. The profit margins can be huge and, for violators of labor laws, hinge on the widespread exploitation of thousands of caretakers, many of them poor immigrants effectively earning $2 to $3.50 an hour to work around the clock. (James Tensuan/Reveal via AP)

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